Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
But what
King James Version
But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Holman Bible
But what was God’s reply to him? I have left 7,000 men for Myself who have not bowed down to Baal.
International Standard Version
But what was the divine reply to him? "I have reserved for myself 7,000 people who have not knelt to worship Baal."
A Conservative Version
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.
Amplified
But what is God’s response to him? “I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
An Understandable Version
But how did God answer him? [I Kings 19:18 says], "I [i.e., God] have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed their knee [in worship] to Baal [Note: "Baal" was a term used for one of the idols worshiped in Elijah's day by Canaanites and others in Palestine].
Anderson New Testament
But what says the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Bible in Basic English
But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
Common New Testament
But what is God's reply to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Daniel Mace New Testament
but what said the oracle to him? "I have reserved to my self seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Darby Translation
But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
Godbey New Testament
But what says the answer to him? I have left unto myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Goodspeed New Testament
But what is God's reply? "I have left myself seven thousand men who have never knelt to Baal!"
John Wesley New Testament
But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Julia Smith Translation
But what say to him the intimations of divine will I have left to myself seven thousand men, who bent not the knee to Baal.
King James 2000
But what says the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But what does the divine response say to him? "I have left for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal."
Modern King James verseion
But what does the Divine answer say to him? "I have reserved to Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But what saith the answer of God to him again? "I have reserved unto me seven thousand men which have not bowed their knees to Baal."
Moffatt New Testament
Yet what is the divine answer? I have left myself seven thousand men who have not knelt to Baal.
Montgomery New Testament
But what was the answer of God to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
NET Bible
But what was the divine response to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal."
New Heart English Bible
But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Noyes New Testament
But what saith the answer of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Sawyer New Testament
But what says the response to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
The Emphasized Bible
But what saith unto him the response? I have left for myself seven thousand men, who, indeed, have not bowed a knee unto Baal.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But what saith the oracle of God to him? "I have left to myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Twentieth Century New Testament
But what was the divine response? 'I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have never bowed the knee to Baal.'
Webster
But what saith the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
Weymouth New Testament
But what did God say to him in reply? "I have reserved for Myself 7,000 men who have never bent the knee to Baal."
Williams New Testament
But how did God reply to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have never bent their knees to Baal."
World English Bible
But how does God answer him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Worrell New Testament
But what says the answer of God to him? "I left for Myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Worsley New Testament
But what saith the oracle of God to him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to Baal."
Youngs Literal Translation
but what saith the divine answer to him? 'I left to Myself seven thousand men, who did not bow a knee to Baal.'
Themes
Church of israel » Had » A spiritual church within it
Gentiles/heathen » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Idolatry » Saints preserved by God from
Israel/jews » The remnant of israel
Israel/jews » Why jews stumbled
Israel/jews » The salvation of israel
Partaking » Who partakes with the lord
Predestination » Who God predestines
Salvation » Salvation coming to the gentiles
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in Romans 11:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Remnant Of Israel Remains
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 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. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Phrases
Cross References
1 Kings 19:18
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.
Numbers 25:3
And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel.
Deuteronomy 4:3
Your eyes have seen what Jehovah did because of Baal-peor; for all the men that followed Baal-peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee.
Judges 2:13
And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
1 Kings 16:31
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
2 Kings 10:19-20
Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshippers, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
Jeremiah 19:5
and have built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons in the fire for burnt-offerings unto Baal; which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
Hosea 2:8
For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
Hosea 13:1
When Ephraim spake, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
Zephaniah 1:4
And I will stretch out my hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarim with the priests;