1 Kings 19:18

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Yet I will leave seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yet will I leave{H7604} [me] seven{H7651} thousand{H505} in Israel,{H3478} all the knees{H1290} which have not bowed{H3766} unto Baal,{H1168} and every mouth{H6310} which hath not kissed{H5401} him.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Yet I have left{H7604}{(H8689)} me seven{H7651} thousand{H505} in Israel{H3478}, all the knees{H1290} which have not bowed{H3766}{(H8804)} unto Baal{H1168}, and every mouth{H6310} which hath not kissed{H5401}{(H8804)} him.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And I wil reserue vnto me vij.M. men in Israel: namely, all ye knees which haue not bowed the selues vnto Baal, and euery mouth yt hath not kyssed him.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Yet wil I leaue seuen thousand in Israel, euen all the knees that haue not bowed vnto Baal, and euery mouth that hath not kissed him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And thereto I haue left me seuen thousande in Israel, of whiche neuer man bowed his knees vnto Baal, nor kissed him with his mouth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him.”

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 13:2 : 2 Now they continue to sin and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully crafted from their silver, all of it the work of artisans. They say about them, 'Those who sacrifice kiss the calves!'
  • Rom 11:4-5 : 4 But what was God’s answer to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." 5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
  • Isa 1:9 : 9 Unless the LORD of hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have been like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
  • Isa 10:20-22 : 20 On that day, the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer lean on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. 21 A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. 22 Even though your people, O Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your way, for His wrath can flare up quickly. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  • Isa 49:23 : 23 Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the ground and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who hope in Me will not be disappointed.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  • Job 31:27 : 27 and my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand offered them a kiss in worship,
  • Rom 14:10-12 : 10 But you, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 It is written: 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.' 12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
  • Phil 2:10 : 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow—in heaven, on earth, and under the earth—

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Rom 11:3-4
    2 verses
    86%

    3 "Lord, they have killed Your prophets, and have torn down Your altars. I alone am left, and they seek my life."

    4 But what was God’s answer to him? "I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

  • 1 Kgs 18:18-23
    6 verses
    75%

    18 Elijah replied, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, by abandoning the commandments of the LORD and following the Baals.

    19 Now summon all Israel to meet me at Mount Carmel, along with the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel's table.

    20 So Ahab sent word throughout all Israel and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel.

    21 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 said nothing.

    22 Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left as a prophet of the LORD, but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.

    23 Let two bulls be given to us. Let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and lay it on the wood without setting fire to it. I will prepare the other bull and place it on the wood without setting fire to it.

  • 1 Kgs 19:17
    75%

    17 Anyone who escapes the sword of Hazael will be put to death by Jehu, and anyone who escapes the sword of Jehu will be put to death by Elisha.

  • 1 Kgs 19:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 Elijah replied, 'I have been very zealous for the LORD God of Hosts, because the Israelites have abandoned your covenant, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to take my life.'

    15 The LORD said to him, 'Go back the way you came, and go to the wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Aram.'

  • 1 Kgs 19:10
    72%

    10 He replied, 'I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to take my life.'

  • 1 Kgs 19:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19 Elijah left from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen, and he was with the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak over him.

    20 Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, 'Let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and then I will follow you.' Elijah said to him, 'Go back, for what have I done to you?'

    21 Elisha returned, took the pair of oxen, and slaughtered them. Using the equipment of the oxen, he cooked the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he got up, followed Elijah, and became his attendant.

  • 1 Kgs 18:39-40
    2 verses
    69%

    39 When all the people saw it, they fell facedown and said, "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!"

    40 Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal. Do not let any of them escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.

  • 2 Kgs 10:17-19
    3 verses
    69%

    17 When Jehu arrived in Samaria, he struck down all who remained of Ahab’s household in Samaria until he had destroyed them, according to the word of the LORD spoken through Elijah.

    18 Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him much.

    19 Now summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. Let no one fail to come, for I am going to hold a great sacrifice to Baal. Anyone who fails to come will not live." But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the worshipers of Baal.

  • 1 Kgs 18:36
    68%

    36 At the time of the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached and said, "LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your command.

  • 2 Kgs 10:10-11
    2 verses
    68%

    10 Know, then, that not a word of the LORD will fall to the ground that He spoke concerning the house of Ahab. The LORD has done what He promised through His servant Elijah."

    11 So Jehu struck down all who remained of Ahab’s house in Jezreel—all his great men, close acquaintances, and priests—leaving not a single survivor.

  • Isa 17:6
    68%

    6 Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that is beaten: two or three berries at the top of the highest branch, four or five on its fruitful branches, declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 13:7
    67%

    7 Nothing was left for Jehoahaz's army except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed them, making them like dust to be trampled.

  • 2 Kgs 2:2
    67%

    2 Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Bethel.

  • 2 Kgs 9:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7 You shall strike down the house of your master Ahab, so that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and the blood of all the LORD's servants shed by Jezebel.

    8 The entire house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off every male from Ahab's line, both slave and free, in Israel.

  • 1 Kgs 18:12-15
    4 verses
    66%

    12 But I, your servant, fear that if I leave, the Spirit of the LORD will carry you off to some place I don't know, and when I go to tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. Yet I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

    13 Has it not been reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred of the LORD's prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with bread and water.

    14 And now you say, 'Go and tell your master, Elijah is here,' and he will kill me!

    15 But Elijah said, "As surely as the LORD of Hosts lives, whom I serve, I will show myself to him today."

  • 2 Kgs 10:23
    66%

    23 Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the worshipers of Baal, "Search and make sure that no servants of the LORD are here with you—only the worshipers of Baal."

  • 1 Kgs 17:1
    66%

    1 Elijah, the Tishbite from the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in these years, except by my word."

  • 2 Kgs 10:21
    66%

    21 Then Jehu sent messengers throughout all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came; not a single one remained behind. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from one end to the other.

  • 2 Kgs 1:3-4
    2 verses
    66%

    3 But the angel of the LORD told Elijah the Tishbite, 'Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, "Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?"'

    4 Therefore, this is what the LORD says: 'You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will surely die.' And Elijah departed.

  • 2 Kgs 2:6
    66%

    6 Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on.

  • 2 Kgs 1:13-15
    3 verses
    65%

    13 A third time, the king sent a captain with fifty men. This third captain approached, fell on his knees before Elijah, and pleaded with him, 'Man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your eyes.'

    14 He continued, 'Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains and their men. But now, please let my life be valuable in your eyes.'

    15 The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, 'Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.' So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king.

  • 1 Kgs 18:46
    65%

    46 The hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

  • 2 Kgs 2:4
    65%

    4 Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But Elisha replied, "As the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.

  • 1 Kgs 19:1-2
    2 verses
    65%

    1 Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

    2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, 'May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I don’t make your life like the life of one of them.'

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    65%

    9 But Obadiah said, "What have I done wrong that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to be killed?"

  • 2 Kgs 3:13
    65%

    13 Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do we have to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother." But the king of Israel said to him, "No, because it is the LORD who has called these three kings together to hand them over to Moab."

  • Ezek 6:8
    65%

    8 Yet I will leave a remnant, so that some of you will escape the sword among the nations when you are scattered throughout the lands.

  • 1 Kgs 21:21
    65%

    21 'This is what the LORD says: I am bringing disaster on you. I will sweep away your descendants and cut off every male in your household, both slave and free, in Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 10:28
    65%

    28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal from Israel.