 | 1845 - 518 pàgines
...Elijah then, in a finp tone of irony, urged them to be more vehement in supplicating their Deity : " Cry aloud ; for he is a God : either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." Maddened by this ridicule, or really in hopes that their God might see and hear, and be moved, they... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1846 - 588 pàgines
...and heaven itself interposed in its decision. Yet strong and pointed is the irony of the prophet : " Cry aloud, for he is a God ; either he is talking,...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked !"* Impiety provokes a frown ; absurdity occasions a smile ; and many who glory in the imputation of... | |
 | John Jewel - 1846 - 442 pàgines
...in what spirit ye were assembled. " EUas, the prophet of GOD, jested thus at the priests of Baal : ' Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.' ( 1 Kings xviii. 27.) Yet neither was Ellas a ' hick-scorner,' nor jested he at GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT,... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1847 - 564 pàgines
...gods which ye have chosen ; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 1 K. 18 : 27 And il came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Job 12 : 1 And Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.... | |
 | James Endell Tyler - 1847 - 322 pàgines
...2 Kings iv. us !' But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And it came to pass, that at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, ' Cry aloud, for he...journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awakened.'" This false god, to whom in the open air on Mount Carmel they offered their prayers and... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 pàgines
...intends to convey. The prophet Elijah employed this figure when he said to the priests of Baal : ' ' Cry aloud, for he is a God ; either he is talking,...or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked." 7. Metonymy is a figure by which one thing is put for another ; as, " I have been reading Milton ;"... | |
 | Joshua Hall McIlvaine - 1847 - 272 pàgines
...reckoning. The same figure is used by the prophet Elijah in his famous address to the priests of Baal. Cry aloud, for he is a god ; either he is talking...or peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked. Thus in the most powerful manner he sets before the deluded idolaters, the grossness of their folly... | |
 | 1847 - 750 pàgines
...O Baal, hear us.' 'But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And it came to pass that at noon Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud, for he is...pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he slcepeth, and must be awakened.' This false god, to whom in the open air on Mount Carmel they offered... | |
 | Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - 1848 - 204 pàgines
...hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them,...or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked. And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood... | |
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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 in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 
