1 Kings 18:24

24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that qanswereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, †It is well spoken.

1 Kings 18:24 — The New International Version (NIV)

24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire—he is God.”

Then all the people said, “What you say is good.”

1 Kings 18:24 — English Standard Version (ESV)

24 And you call upon the name of your god, and I will call upon the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, he is God.” And all the people answered, “It is well spoken.”

1 Kings 18:24 — New Living Translation (NLT)

24 Then call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by setting fire to the wood is the true God!” And all the people agreed.

1 Kings 18:24 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

24 Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.”

So all the people answered and said, “It is well spoken.”

1 Kings 18:24 — New Century Version (NCV)

24 You prophets of Baal, pray to your god, and I will pray to the Lord. The god who answers by setting fire to his wood is the true God.”

All the people agreed that this was a good idea.

1 Kings 18:24 — American Standard Version (ASV)

24 And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

1 Kings 18:24 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

24 And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of Jehovah; and the god that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, The word is good.

1 Kings 18:24 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

24 “You call on the name of your gods, but I will call on the name of the Lord. The god who answers by fire is the real God.”

All the people answered, “That’s fine.”

1 Kings 18:24 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh. The God who answers with fire, He is God.”

All the people answered, “That sounds good.”

1 Kings 18:24 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

24 Then you call on the name of your god and I will call on the name of the Lord; the god who answers by fire is indeed God.” All the people answered, “Well spoken!”

1 Kings 18:24 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

24 Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of Yahweh, and it shall be that the god who answers by fire, he is God.” Then all the people answered and said, “The word is good!”

1 Kings 18:24 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

24 Then you pray to your god. And I’ll pray to the Lord. The god who answers by sending fire down is the one and only God.”

Then all of the people said, “What you are saying is good.”

1 Kings 18:24 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

24 “Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord, and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people said, “That is a good idea.”

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q	ver. 38.
†	Heb. The word is good.