 Elijah mocked them, and said: Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.  Overland Monthly - Page 6821895Full view - About this book
 | Henry Erskine Head - 1832 - 218 pages
...eye-salve that ioe may see; but if we say we see, our sin remaineth. As Elijah mocked the prophets of Baal, saying Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked, so should we say to our soul when selfcomplacency intrudes.... | |
 | William Stevens (biographer.) - 1833 - 786 pages
...worship. the altar which was made.* And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or |ieradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked. f And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 596 pages
...Jesus were only a creature, those who trust in him might be addressed like the worshippers of Baal, " Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked k." He could not attend to the concerns... | |
 | Ethelbert W. Bullinger - 1979 - 476 pages
..." There is no nation OR kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seekthee." 1 Kings xviii. 27 : " Either he is talking OR he is pursuing, OR he is in a journey." With a negative, the rendering " NOR " is equally correct and conclusive : — Ex. xx. 17: "Thou shalt... | |
 | Institute of Bankers (Great Britain) - 1928 - 678 pages
...examples in the Bible, both authorised and revised versions. As an example from the first may be quoted " either he " is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or perhaps he " sleepeth " (1 Kings, XVIII, 27). For an even more emphatic use of the negative forms "... | |
 | Nicholas Rescher - 1994 - 196 pages
...danced upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is hunting, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked... [Then Elijah] built... | |
 | J. Dwight Pentecost - 1999 - 212 pages
...upon the altar which they had made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked" (vv. 26-27). Their concept was that their... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 pages
...a cruse. I Kings ch. 17, v. 12 27 How long halt ye between two opinions? I Kings ch. 1 8, v. 2i 28 He is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he slcepeth, and must be awaked. I Kings ch. 1 8, v. 27 29 There is a sound of abundance of rain. I Kings... | |
 | Randolph Runyon - 1996 - 274 pages
...to Baal in vain. Then Elijah mocked them with magnificent irony: "Cry aloud," taunted the prophet, "for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened."27 If these words were quoted out... | |
 | John M. Perry - 1999 - 316 pages
...fire (lightning, the harbinger of rain) from heaven to consume the offering: And at noon Elijah mocked them saying, "Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is musing, or he has gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened."... | |
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