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1 Kings 18:37-39
Contemporary English Version
1 Kings 18:37-39
Contemporary English Version
37 Please answer me, so these people will know that you are the Lord God, and that you will turn their hearts back to you.[a]
38 The Lord immediately sent fire, and it burned up the sacrifice, the wood, and the stones. It scorched the ground everywhere around the altar and dried up every drop of water in the ditch. 39 When the crowd saw what had happened, they all bowed down and shouted, “The Lord is God! The Lord is God!”
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- 18.37 will turn … to you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
1 Kings 18:37-39
New International Version
1 Kings 18:37-39
New International Version
37 Answer me, Lord, answer me, so these people will know(A) that you, Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again.”
38 Then the fire(B) of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench.
39 When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate(C) and cried, “The Lord—he is God! The Lord—he is God!”(D)
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