1 Kings 18:21 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

ASV Byzantine Text

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long go ye limping between the two sides? if Jehovah be God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Asang Khongca Bible

Elijah loe kaminawk boih hmaa ah caeh moe, Nasetto maw poekhaih hnetto salakah na oh o han vop? Angraeng hae Sithaw tangtang ah om nahaeloe, anih hnukah bang oh; Baal hae Sithaw tang ah om nahaeloe, anih hnukah bang oh, tiah a naa.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Te vaengah Elijah te pilnam pum taengla mop tih, “Pomnah panit dongah ah me hil nim na ingang uh ve? Pathen Yahweh kah van atah a hnukah rhep pongpa uh. Tedae Baal kah van atah anih hnukah rhep pongpa uh,” a ti nah vaengah pilnam loh anih te ol doo pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Te vaengah Elijah te pilnam pum taengla mop tih, “Pomnah panit dongah ah me hil nim na ingang uh ve? Pathen Yahweh kah van atah a hnukah rhep pongpa uh. Tedae Baal kah van atah anih hnukah rhep pongpa uh,” a ti nah vaengah pilnam loh anih te ol doo pawh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Hele mai la hoi o Elia i ka poe kanaka a pau, i mai la hoi, Pehea la ka loihi o ko oukou kapekepeke ana iwaena o na manao elua! Ina o Iehova ke Akua, e hahai oukou mamuli ona; aka, ina o Baala, e hahai mamuli ona, Aole olelo aku na kanaka i kekahi olelo ia ia.

English Berean Standard Bible

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Eli al kanpe devan pèp la, li di yo: -Kilè n'a sispann woule de bò! Si se Seyè a ki Bondye, se li pou n' sèvi. Si se Baal ki Bondye, se li pou n' sèvi! Men pèp la pa di yon mo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

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 in Basic English

And Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you go on balancing between two opinions? if the Lord is God, then give worship to him; but if Baal, give worship to him. And the people said not a word in answer.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et Élie s’approcha de tout le peuple, et dit : Combien de temps hésiterez-vous entre les deux côtés ? Si l’ Éternel est Dieu, suivez-le ; et si c’est Baal, suivez-le ! Et le peuple ne lui répondit mot.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

A přistoupiv Eliáš ke všemu lidu, řekl: I dokudž kulhati budete na obě straně? Jestližeť jest Hospodin Bohem, následujtež ho; pakli jest Bál, jdětež za ním. A neodpověděl jemu lid žádného slova.

Kosraean Bible

Elijah el utyak nu yurin mwet uh ac fahk, “Kowos ac tia orala sulela lowos an nwe ngac? Fin LEUM GOD pa God, na kowos alu nu sel, a fin Baal, kowos alu nu sel!” Na mwet uh tiana kas.

World Portuguese Bible

Elias se aproximou de todo o povo e disse: “Até quando vocês vacilarão entre os dois lados? Se o SENHOR é Deus, sigam-no; mas se é Baal, então sigam-no.” O povo não disse uma só palavra.

Romanian BTF Bible

Şi Ilie a venit la tot poporul şi a spus: Până când veţi şchiopăta voi între două opinii? Dacă DOMNUL este Dumnezeu, urmaţi-l pe el; dar dacă este Baal, atunci urmaţi-l pe el. Şi poporul nu i-a răspuns un cuvânt.

Brenton English Septuagint

And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဧလိယသည်ထိုလူတို့ထံသို့ချဉ်းကပ်၍``သင် တို့သည်အဘယ်မျှကြာအောင်စိတ်ဇဝေဇဝါ ရှိနေကြပါမည်နည်း။ ထာဝရဘုရားသည် ဘုရားအမှန်ဖြစ်လျှင် ကိုယ်တော်အားဝတ်ပြု ကိုးကွယ်ကြလော့။ ဗာလသည်ဘုရားအမှန် ဖြစ်လျှင်မူကားသူ့အားဝတ်ပြုကိုးကွယ် ကြလော့'' ဟုဆို၏။ သို့ရာတွင်လူတို့သည် မည်သို့မျှပြန်၍မပြောကြ။-

Darby Translation

Then Elijah drew near to all the people, and said, How long do ye halt between two opinions? if Jehovah be God, follow him; and if Baal, follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Da trat Elia zu dem ganzen Volke hin und sprach: Wie lange hinket ihr auf beiden Seiten? Wenn Jehova Gott ist, so wandelt ihm nach; wenn aber der Baal, so wandelt ihm nach! Und das Volk antwortete ihm kein Wort.

Dutch Bible 1917

Toen naderde Elia tot het ganse volk, en zeide: Hoe lang hinkt gij op twee gedachten? Zo de HEERE God is, volgt Hem na, en zo het Baal is, volgt hem na! Maar het volk antwoordde hem niet een woord.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Nu verscheen Elias voor het verzamelde volk en sprak: Hoe lang blijft ge nog op twee gedachten hinken? Als Jahweh God is, dien Hem dan; is het Báal, dan moet ge Báal dienen. Het volk wist er niets op te antwoorden.

Italian Diodati Bible

Allora Elia si accostò a tutto il popolo, e disse: Infino a quando zoppicherete de' due lati ? Se il Signore è Dio, seguitatelo; se altresì Baal è Dio, seguitate lui . Ma il popolo non gli rispose nulla.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And Elias coming to all the people, said: How long do you halt between two sides? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Eliiah came vnto all the people, and said, How long halt ye betweene two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal be he, then goe after him. And the people answered him not a worde.

Danish Bible 1931

Elias trådte så frem for alt Folket og sagde: “Hvor længe vil I blive ved at halte til begge Sider? Er HERREN Gud, så hold eder til ham, og er Ba'al Gud, så hold eder til ham!” Men Folket svarede ham ikke et Ord.

Leeser Tanakh

And Elijah approached unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between the two opinions? if the Lord be the God, follow him; and if Ba'al—follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said: 'How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.' And the people answered him not a word.

King James Version

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

King James Version + Apocrypha

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Đoạn Ê-li đến trước mặt dân sự mà nói rằng: Các ngươi đi giẹo hai bên cho đến chừng nào? Nếu Giê-hô-va là Đức Chúa Trời, khá theo Ngài; nếu Ba-anh là Đức Chúa Trời, hãy theo hắn. Song dân sự không đáp một lời.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Revised West Version

Pea naʻe haʻu ʻa ʻIlaisiā ki he kakai kotoa pē, mo ne pehē, “ʻE fēfē ʻa hono fuoloa ʻo hoʻomou lotolotoua? Kapau ko e ʻOtua ʻa Sihova, mou muimui kiate ia: pea kapau ko Peali, muimui kiate ia.” Pea naʻe ʻikai toe lea ʻaki mai ʻe he kakai ha momoʻi lea ʻe taha.

French Ostervald Bible

Puis Élie s'approcha de tout le peuple et dit: Jusqu'à quand boiterez-vous des deux côtés? Si l'Éternel est Dieu, suivez-le; mais si c'est Baal, suivez-le! Mais le peuple ne lui répondit pas un mot.

Esperanto Bible

Tiam Elija aliris al la tuta popolo, kaj diris: Kiel longe ankoraŭ vi lamos sur du flankoj? se la Eternulo estas Dio, sekvu Lin; kaj se Baal, tiam sekvu lin. Kaj la popolo nenion respondis al li.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Alors Élie s’approcha de tout le peuple, et dit: Jusqu’à quand clocherez-vous des deux côtés? Si l’Éternel est Dieu, allez après lui; si c’est Baal, allez après lui! Le peuple ne lui répondit rien.

German Luther Bible 1912

Da trat Elia zu allem Volk und sprach: Wie lange hinkt ihr auf beide Seiten? Ist der HERR Gott, so wandelt ihm nach; ist's aber Baal, so wandelt ihm nach. Und das Volk antwortete ihm nichts.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long will you⌃ halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.

British English Septuagint 2012

And Eliu drew near to them all: and Eliu said to them, How long will you⌃ halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.

Majority Standard BIble

Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him. But if Baal is God, follow him.” But the people did not answer a word.

Webster Bible

And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD is God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Revised Version

And Elijah came near unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Allora Elia s’accostò a tutto il popolo, e disse: “Fino a quando zoppicherete voi dai due lati? Se l’Eterno è Dio, seguitelo; se poi lo è Baal, seguite lui”. Il popolo non gli rispose verbo.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Élie s'approcha de tout le peuple, et dit : « Jusqu'à quand hésiterez-vous entre deux partis ? Si le SEIGNEUR est Dieu, suivez-le ; mais si c'est Baal, alors suivez-le. » Le peuple ne lui répondit pas un mot.

Reina Valera 1909

Y acercándose Elías á todo el pueblo, dijo: ¿Hasta cuándo claudicaréis vosotros entre dos pensamientos? Si Jehová es Dios, seguidle; y si Baal, id en pos de él. Y el pueblo no respondió palabra.

Spanish BLL

Elías se puso frente a todo el pueblo y les dijo: “¿Hasta cuándo van a estar dudando entre dos opiniones? Si Yahvé es el verdadero Dios, síganlo a él; pero si lo es Baal, entonces sigan a Baal”. Pero el pueblo no respondió nada.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Y acercándose Elías a todo el pueblo, dijo: «¿Hasta cuándo vacilaréis vosotros entre dos pensamientos? Si Yahvé es Dios, seguidle; y si Baal, id en pos de él». Y el pueblo no respondió palabra.

Croatian Bible

Ilija pristupi svemu narodu i reče: “Dokle ćete hramati na obje strane? Ako je Jahve Bog, slijedite ga; ako je Baal, slijedite njega.” A narod mu nije ništa odgovorio.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Tada pristupi Ilija ka svemu narodu i reče: Dokle ćete hramati na obe strane? Ako je Gospod Bog, idite za Njim; ako li je Val, idite za njim. Ali narod ne odgovori mu ni reči.

German Textbibel

Da trat Elia zu allem Volke heran und sprach: Wie lange wollt ihr hinken auf beiden Seiten? Ist Jahwe der wahre Gott, so wandelt ihm nach; ist's aber Baal, so wandelt ihm nach! Und das Volk antwortete ihm nichts.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And Elijah drew near to them all: and Elijah said to them, How long wilt ye halt on both feet? if the Lord be God, follow him; but if Baal, follow him. And the people answered not a word.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וַיִּגַּ֨שׁ אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֶל־כָּל־הָעָ֗ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙ עַד־מָתַ֞י אַתֶּ֣ם פֹּסְחִים֮ עַל־שְׁתֵּ֣י הַסְּעִפִּים֒ אִם־יְהוָ֤ה הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לְכ֣וּ אַחֲרָ֔יו וְאִם־הַבַּ֖עַל לְכ֣וּ אַחֲרָ֑יו וְלֹֽא־עָנ֥וּ הָעָ֛ם אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָֽר׃