Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Yet will I leave me'seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Holman Bible
But I will leave 7,000 in Israel
International Standard Version
Nevertheless, I've reserved 7,000 in Israel who have neither bowed their knees to Baal nor kissed him."
A Conservative Version
Yet I have reserved [for me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
Amplified
Yet I will leave 7,000 [survivors] in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed down to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him.”
Bible in Basic English
But I will keep safe seven thousand in Israel, all those whose knees have not been bent to Baal, and whose mouths have given him no kisses.
Darby Translation
Yet I have left myself seven thousand in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.
Julia Smith Translation
And I left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees which bowed not to Baal, and every mouth which kissed him not
King James 2000
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I will leave in Israel seven thousand, all of the knees that have not bowed down to Baal and all of the mouths that have not kissed him."
Modern King James verseion
Yet I have left seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thereto I have left me seven thousand in Israel, of which never man bowed his knees unto Baal nor kissed him with his mouth."
NET Bible
I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him."
New Heart English Bible
Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him."
The Emphasized Bible
Yet will I leave remaining in Israel, seven thousand, - all knees which have not bowed to Baal, and all mouths which have not kissed to him.
Webster
Yet I have left to me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
World English Bible
Yet will I leave seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him."
Youngs Literal Translation
and I have left in Israel seven thousand, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that hath not kissed him.'
Themes
Baal » An idol of the phoenicians, God of the sun » Under ahab
Calves of jeroboam » God's people refused to worship
Christian ministers » God's care of
Elijah » Three times fed with divine supplies » Not infallible in judgment
Elijah » Flees » Wilderness » Damascus
Elijah » Escapes to the wilderness from the fierceness of jezebel
Faithfulness » In business » Faithfulness to God, examples of
Fidelity » In business » To God
Idolatry » Other customs of » Kissing
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By bowing to them
Idolatry » Saints preserved by God from
Idolatry » Objects of, worshipped » By kissing them
Idolatry » Other customs of » Bowing
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Jews, the » A spiritual seed of true believers always amongst
Topics
Interlinear
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Kara`
Peh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 19:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Elijah Encounters Yahweh At Horeb
17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay; and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet will I leave me'seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. 19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Exodus 20:5
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them, for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
Job 31:27
And my heart hath been secretly enticed, And my mouth hath kissed my hand:
Psalm 2:12
Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
Isaiah 1:9
Except Jehovah of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
Isaiah 10:20-22
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them, but shall lean upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.
Isaiah 49:23
And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am Jehovah; and they that wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Romans 11:4-5
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Romans 14:10-12
But thou, why dost thou judge thy brother? or thou again, why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment-seat of God.
Philippians 2:10
that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,