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I Kings 18:Verse 21

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And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Matthew 6:24Matthew 6:24Joshua 24:15Joshua 24:151 Corinthians 10:21
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What Does I Kings 18:21 Mean?

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"And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him."..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

American Standard Version
ASV

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

American King James Version
AKJV

And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt you between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Bible in Basic English
BBE

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? if Jehovah is God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word.

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If Jehovah is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." The people answered him not a word.

Darby Translation
Darby

Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah beGod, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Webster Bible
Webster

And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD [is] God, follow him: but if Baal, [then] follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And Eliiah came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal be he, then goe after him. And the people answered him not a worde.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And Elijah drew near unto all the people, and said—How long are ye limping on the two divided opinions? If, Yahweh, be GOD, follow, him, but, if, Baal, follow, him. But the people answered him, not a word.

Literal Translation
LITV

And Elijah came near all the people and said, Until when are you limping over two opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him; and if Baal, follow him. But the people did not answer him a word.

Modern King James
MKJV

And Elijah came to all the people and said, How long are you limping over two opinions? If Jehovah is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Updated King James
UKJV

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt all of you between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Lexham English Bible
LEB

Elijah approached to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping over two opinions? If Yahweh is God, go after him; but if Baal, go after him.” But the people did not answer him a word.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said: 'How long halt ye between two opinions? if HaShem be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.' And the people answered him not a word.

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

Then Elijah, drawing near to all the people, said: “How long will you waver between two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal is, then follow him.” And the people did not respond a word to him.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

Revised Webster
RWebster

And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

Forsothe Elie neiyede to al the puple of Israel, and seide, Hou long halten ye in to twey partis? If the Lord is God, sue ye hym; forsothe if Baal is God, sue ye hym. And the puple answeride not o word to hym.

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