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1 Kings 19:18

Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

KJV

Et derelinquam mihi in Israël septem millia virorum, quorum genua non sunt incurvata ante Baal, et omne os quod non adoravit eum osculans manus.

Vulgate

καὶ καταλεὶψεις ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ἑπτὰ χιλιάδας ἀνδρῶν, πάντα γόνατα ἃ οὐκ ὤκλασαν γόνυ τῷ Βάαλ, καὶ πᾶν στόμα ὃ οὐ προσεκύνησεν αὐτῷ.

LXX

Yet will I leave me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

ASV

וְ/הִשְׁאַרְתִּ֥י בְ/יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֑ים כָּל הַ/בִּרְכַּ֗יִם אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא כָֽרְעוּ֙ לַ/בַּ֔עַל וְ/כָ֨ל הַ/פֶּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא נָשַׁ֖ק לֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
בַּ֔עַל
b'l
proper_noun · 79×
הִשְׁאִֽיר
hsh'yr
verb · 133×
ו
v
noun · 26×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּשַּׁק
yshq
verb · 35×
כָֽרְעוּ֙
kr'v
verb · 36×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210218.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
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Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 5:18 — In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myse
  • Eph 3:14 — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Exod 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them th
  • Hos 13:2 — And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men tha
  • Hos 13:2 — And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men tha
  • Isa 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
  • Isa 10:20 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the H
  • Job 31:27 — And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand:
  • Phil 2:10 — That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
  • Ps 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
  • Ps 2:12 — Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
  • Rom 11:4 — But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
  • Rom 11:4 — But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
  • Rom 14:10 — But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.