1 Kings 18:35

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the water ran all around the altar; he even filled the trench with water.

Hebrew Names Version
The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

King James Version
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

English Standard Version
And the water ran around the altar and filled the trench also with water.

New Century Version
So the water ran off the altar and filled the ditch.

New English Translation
The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench.

Amplified Bible
The water flowed around the altar, and he also filled the trench with water.

New American Standard Bible
The water flowed around the altar, and he also filled the trench with water.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the water ran round about the altar: and he filled the ditch with water also.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.

Contemporary English Version
until finally, the water ran down the altar and filled the ditch.

Complete Jewish Bible
By now the water was flowing around the altar, and it had filled the trench.

Darby Translation
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Easy-to-Read Version
The water ran down off the altar and filled the ditch.

George Lamsa Translation
And the water ran round about the altar; and they filled the trench also with water.

Good News Translation
The water ran down around the altar and filled the trench.

Lexham English Bible
The water went all around the altar, and the trench also was filled with water.

Literal Translation
And the water went around the altar, and also he filled the trench with water.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And ye water ranne aboute the altare, and ye pytt was full of water also.

American Standard Version
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Bible in Basic English
And the water went all round the altar, till the drain was full.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the water ran round about the aulter, & he filled the pitte with water also.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

King James Version (1611)
And the water ran round about the altar, and hee filled the trench also with water.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the water ran round about the altar, and they filled the trench with water.

English Revised Version
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Berean Standard Bible
So the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the watris runnen aboute the auter, and the dich of ledyng to `of watir was fillid.

Young's Literal Translation
and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.

Update Bible Version
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the water ran around the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

World English Bible
The water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.

New King James Version
So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.

New Living Translation
and the water ran around the altar and even filled the trench.

New Life Bible
The water flowed around the altar, and filled the ditch also.

New Revised Standard
so that the water ran all around the altar, and filled the trench also with water.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the water ran round about the altar, - moreover also, the trench, filled he with water.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the water run round about the altar, and the trench was filled with water.

Revised Standard Version
And the water ran round about the altar, and filled the trench also with water.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.

Contextual Overview

²¹ Elijah challenged the people: "How long are you going to sit on the fence? If God is the real God, follow him; if it's Baal, follow him. Make up your minds!" Nobody said a word; nobody made a move. ²²Then Elijah said, "I'm the only prophet of God left in Israel; and there are 450 prophets of Baal. Let the Baal prophets bring up two oxen; let them pick one, butcher it, and lay it out on an altar on firewood—but don't ignite it. I'll take the other ox, cut it up, and lay it on the wood. But neither will I light the fire. Then you pray to your gods and I'll pray to God . The god who answers with fire will prove to be, in fact, God." All the people agreed: "A good plan—do it!" ²⁵ Elijah told the Baal prophets, "Choose your ox and prepare it. You go first, you're the majority. Then pray to your god, but don't light the fire." ²⁶ So they took the ox he had given them, prepared it for the altar, then prayed to Baal. They prayed all morning long, "O Baal, answer us!" But nothing happened—not so much as a whisper of breeze. Desperate, they jumped and stomped on the altar they had made. ²⁷By noon, Elijah had started making fun of them, taunting, "Call a little louder—he is a god, after all. Maybe he's off meditating somewhere or other, or maybe he's gotten involved in a project, or maybe he's on vacation. You don't suppose he's overslept, do you, and needs to be waked up?" They prayed louder and louder, cutting themselves with swords and knives—a ritual common to them—until they were covered with blood. ²⁹ This went on until well past noon. They used every religious trick and strategy they knew to make something happen on the altar, but nothing happened—not so much as a whisper, not a flicker of response. ³⁰Then Elijah told the people, "Enough of that—it's my turn. Gather around." And they gathered. He then put the altar back together for by now it was in ruins. Elijah took twelve stones, one for each of the tribes of Jacob, the same Jacob to whom God had said, "From now on your name is Israel." He built the stones into the altar in honor of God . Then Elijah dug a fairly wide trench around the altar. He laid firewood on the altar, cut up the ox, put it on the wood, and said, "Fill four buckets with water and drench both the ox and the firewood." Then he said, "Do it again," and they did it. Then he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time. The altar was drenched and the trench was filled with water. ³⁶When it was time for the sacrifice to be offered, Elijah the prophet came up and prayed, "O God , God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, make it known right now that you are God in Israel, that I am your servant, and that I'm doing what I'm doing under your orders. Answer me, God ; O answer me and reveal to this people that you are God , the true God, and that you are giving these people another chance at repentance." ³⁸ Immediately the fire of God fell and burned up the offering, the wood, the stones, the dirt, and even the water in the trench. ³⁹ All the people saw it happen and fell on their faces in awed worship, exclaiming, " God is the true God! God is the true God!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ran: Heb. went

the trench: 1 Kings 18:32, 1 Kings 18:38

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the water ran round about the altar,.... There being such a large effusion of it on it;

and he filled the trench also with water; which surrounded the altar, so that it seemed impracticable that any fire should kindle upon it; and this gave full proof and demonstration there could be no collusion in this matter.