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2 Kings 1:12

And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

KJV

Respondens Elias, ait : Si homo Dei ego sum, descendat ignis de cælo, et devoret te, et quinquaginta tuos. Descendit ergo ignis de cælo, et devoravit illum, et quinquaginta ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεκρίθη Ἠλειοὺ καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν Εἰ ἄνθρωπος θεοῦ ἐγώ, καταβήσεται πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ καταφάγεταί σε καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντά σου· καὶ κατέβη πῦρ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ κατέφαγεν αὐτὸν καὶ τοὺς πεντήκοντα αὐτοῦ.

LXX

And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֣עַן אֵלִיָּה֮ וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵי/הֶם֒ אִם אִ֤ישׁ הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֔נִי תֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ֙ מִן הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וְ/תֹאכַ֥ל אֹתְ/ךָ֖ וְ/אֶת חֲמִשֶּׁ֑י/ךָ וַ/תֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ מִן הַ/שָּׁמַ֔יִם וַ/תֹּ֥אכַל אֹת֖/וֹ וְ/אֶת חֲמִשָּֽׁי/ו

Hebrew

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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֵלִיָּֽהוּ
'lyhv
proper_noun · 70×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים
chmshym
adjective · 163×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 18:38 — Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.
  • Job 1:16 — While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to t
  • Num 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts