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Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 18:35
and the water goeth round about the altar, and also, the trench he hath filled with water.
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Christian Standard Bible®
So the water ran all around the altar; he even filled the trench with water.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And the watris runnen aboute the auter, and the dich of ledyng to `of watir was fillid.
Update Bible Version
And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.
Contextual Overview
21 and Elijah cometh nigh unto all the people, and saith, `Till when are ye leaping on the two branches? -- if Jehovah [is] God, go after Him; and if Baal, go after him;' and the people have not answered him a word. 22 And Elijah saith unto the people, `I -- I have been left a prophet of Jehovah -- by myself; and the prophets of Baal [are] four hundred and fifty men; 23 and let them give to us two bullocks, and they choose for themselves the one bullock, and cut it in pieces, and place [it] on the wood, and place no fire; and I -- I prepare the other bullock, and have put [it] on the wood, and fire I do not place; -- 24 and ye have called in the name of your god, and I -- I call in the name of Jehovah, and it hath been, the god who answereth by fire -- He [is] the God.' And all the people answer and say, `Good [is] the word.' 25 And Elijah saith to the prophets of Baal, `Choose for you the one bullock, and prepare first, for ye [are] the multitude, and call ye in the name of your god, and place no fire.' 26 And they take the bullock that [one] gave to them, and prepare, and call in the name of Baal from the morning even till the noon, saying, `O Baal, answer us!' and there is no voice, and there is none answering; and they leap on the altar that one had made. 27 And it cometh to pass, at noon, that Elijah playeth on them, and saith, `Call with a loud voice, for he [is] a god, for he is meditating, or pursuing, or on a journey; it may be he is asleep, an doth awake.' 28 And they call with a loud voice, and cut themselves, according to their ordinance, with swords and with spears, till a flowing of blood [is] on them; 29 and it cometh to pass, at the passing by of the noon, that they feign themselves prophets till the going up of the present, and there is no voice, and there is none answering, and there is none attending. 30 And Elijah saith to all the people, `Come nigh unto me;' and all the people come nigh unto him, and he repaireth the altar of Jehovah that is broken down;
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.