1 Paralipomenon 18:21

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Et ait Joab Chusi : Vade, et nuntia regi quæ vidisti. Adoravit Chusi Joab, et cucurrit.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Accedens autem Elias ad omnem populum, ait: Usquequo claudicatis in duas partes? si Dominus est Deus, sequimini eum: si autem Baal, sequimini illum. Et non respondit ei populus verbum.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Accedens autem Elias ad omnem populum ait: "Usquequo claudicatis in duas partes? Si Dominus est Deus, sequimini eum; si autem Baal, sequimini illum". Et non respondit ei populus verbum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

How long: Deuteronomy 4:35, 2 Kings 17:41, Zephaniah 1:5, Matthew 6:24, Luke 6:13, Romans 6:16-22, 1 Corinthians 10:21, 1 Corinthians 10:22, 2 Corinthians 6:14-16, Revelation 3:15, Revelation 3:16

opinions: or, thoughts

if the Lord: 1 Kings 18:39, Exodus 5:1, Exodus 5:2, Joshua 24:15, Joshua 24:23, Joshua 24:24, 1 Samuel 7:3, 1 Chronicles 17:26, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Psalms 100:3

answered: Genesis 24:50, Genesis 44:16, Job 40:4, Job 40:5, Matthew 22:12, Matthew 22:34, Matthew 22:36, Romans 3:19, Romans 6:21

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:3 - How long Numbers 16:6 - General Deuteronomy 6:4 - the Lord Judges 6:25 - even 1 Kings 18:36 - Lord God 1 Kings 22:28 - Hearken 2 Kings 17:33 - They feared 2 Kings 21:3 - he reared Psalms 50:1 - even Psalms 82:2 - How Psalms 118:27 - God Proverbs 28:4 - but Isaiah 43:9 - that they may Jeremiah 7:9 - and burn Hosea 7:8 - a cake Hosea 10:2 - Their heart is divided Hosea 12:10 - have also Matthew 27:17 - Whom Mark 7:14 - when John 10:24 - How John 10:27 - and they 2 Corinthians 6:15 - what concord 2 Corinthians 6:16 - what James 1:8 - General

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Elijah came unto all the people,.... Assembled at Mount Carmel:

and said, how long halt ye between two opinions? sometimes inclining to the one, and sometimes to the other: as a lame man in walking, his body moves sometimes to one side, and sometimes to another; or "leap ye upon two branches" r, like a bird that leaps or hops from one branch to another, and never settles long; or rather it denotes the confusion of their thoughts, being like branches of trees twisted and implicated; thus upbraiding them with their inconstancy and fickleness; what their two opinions were, may be learnt from the next clause:

if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him; for there is but one God, one infinite, immense, and incomprehensible being; one that is omnipotent, all sufficient, good, and perfect; there cannot be more, and therefore but one to be followed, served, and worshipped:

and the people answered him not a word: through conviction and confusion, his reasoning being unanswerable; or not knowing which to choose at present; or fearing they should be drawn into a snare, should they name any; either incur the displeasure of the king, who was for Baal, or of the prophet, who was for the Lord, at whose word rain was withheld, and might be given, which they were desirous of.

r פסחים על שתי הסעפים "transilietis super duos ramoe, Malvenda; vos transilientes super ambos ramos", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The people were mute. They could not but feel the logical force of Elijah’s argument; but they were not prepared at once to act upon it. They wished to unite the worship of Yahweh with that of Baal - to avoid breaking with the past and completely rejecting the old national worship, yet at the same time to have the enjoyment of the new rites, which were certainly sensuous, and probably impure.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 18:21. How long halt ye between two opinions? — Literally, "How long hop ye about upon two boughs?" This is a metaphor taken from birds hopping about from bough to bough, not knowing on which to settle. Perhaps the idea of limping through lameness should not be overlooked. They were halt, they could not walk uprightly; they dreaded Jehovah, and therefore could not totally abandon him; they feared the king and queen, and therefore thought they must embrace the religion of the state. Their conscience forbade them to do the former; their fear of man persuaded them to do the latter, but in neither were they heartily engaged; and at this juncture their minds seemed in equipoise, and they were waiting for a favourable opportunity to make their decision. Such an opportunity now, through the mercy of God, presented itself.