 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said: Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth and must be awaked.  The biblical museum. Old Testament - Page 85by James Comper Gray - 1878Full view - About this book
 | John Evans - 1825 - 568 pages
...stupidity, and shew their folly to all the people, by an irony, 1 Kings xviii. 27. " Cry aloud," says he, " for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Here was no violation of truth, in... | |
 | John Evans - 1825 - 562 pages
...stupidity, and shew their folly to all the people, by an irony, 1 Kings xviii. 27. " Cry aloud," says he, " for he is a god ; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." . Here was no violation of truth, in... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...that answered. And they leaped upon the altarwhich was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either be is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey ; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be... | |
 | John Callaway - 1827 - 110 pages
...rank, chief sultana, or queen downger. 1 Kings, xviii. 27. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud ; for he is a god...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Homer's deities are represented travelling,... | |
 | 1836 - 698 pages
...in the bible. Elijah was bitterly sarcastic when he said to the prophets of Baal, " Cry aloud ; lor he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The inspired preacher employs irony... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1827 - 328 pages
...it. The prophet Elijah, when he challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deky, " mocked them, and said : Cry aloud for he is a god either ho is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventnre he sleepeth, and must be awaked."... | |
 | Joseph Hervey Hull - 1828 - 84 pages
..."writings. When the prophet Elijah challenged the priests of Baal to prove the truth of their deity, he mocked them, and said, " Cry aloud, for he is a god...either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Hyperbole, gives us the highest idea... | |
 | William Brittainham Lacey - 1828 - 308 pages
...Flutter'd your Volsccs in Corioli : Alone I did it — .Boy ! And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, cry aloud ; for he is a God : either he is talking, or he i* pursuing, or he is on a journey, or peradveriture he sleepeth, ami must be awaked. SECTION II. Of... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...the high places were not removed. — 1 Kings Xv. 11—15. Elijah mocked the worshippers of Baal ; and said, Cry aloud, for he is a god : either he is talking, pursuing, or in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, &c. — 1 Kings xviii. 27. 424 of Ahab, served... | |
 | 1836 - 708 pages
...certainly found in the bible. Elijah was bitterly sarcastic when he said to the prophets of Baal, " Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is on a journey ; or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked." The inspired preacher employs irony... | |
| |
