Parallel Verses
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.
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."
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.
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
Sheba`
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 he who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall kill. And he who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall kill. 18 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. 19 So he departed from there, 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 to him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Phrases
Cross References
Hosea 13:2
And now they sin more and more, and have made themselves 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 who sacrifice kiss the ca
Exodus 20:5
Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them, for I, LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of those who hate me,
Job 31:27
and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my mouth has 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 those who take refuge in him.
Isaiah 1:9
Unless LORD of hosts had left to us a {seed (LXX/NT)}, we should have been as Sodom, we should have been like Gomorrah.
Isaiah 10:20-22
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and those who are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him who smote them, but shall lean upon LORD, 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 shall know that I am LORD, and those who wait for me s
Romans 11:4-5
But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.
Romans 14:10-12
But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Philippians 2:10
so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of the heavenly, and the earthly, and the sub-earthly,