2nd Kings Chapter 1 verse 12 Holy Bible
And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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And Elijah in answer said, If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven on you and on your fifty men, and put an end to you. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and put an end to him and his fifty men.
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And Elijah answered and said to them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the heavens and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from the heavens, and consumed him and his fifty.
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And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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And Elijah answered and said to them, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
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Elijah answered them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from the sky, and consume you and your fifty. The fire of God came down from the sky, and consumed him and his fifty.
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And Elijah answereth and speaketh unto them, `If I `am' a man of God, fire doth come down from the heavens, and consume thee and thy fifty;' and fire of God cometh down from the heavens, and consumeth him and his fifty.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Said (spake) unto them.--LXX. and Syriac, "unto him," which seems original.The fire of God.--"The" is not in the Hebrew. The LXX., Vulgate, Arabic, and Targum, with some MSS., omit "of God." The phrase occurs in the sense of lightning (Job 1:16).Consumed him and his fifty.--According to Thenius, the story of the destruction of the captains And their companies emphasises (1) the authority properly belonging to the prophet; (2) the help and protection which Jehovah bestows on His prophets. The captains and their men are simply conceived as instruments of a will opposing itself to Jehovah, and are accordingly annihilated. These considerations, he thinks, render irrelevant all questions about the moral justice of their fate, and comparative degrees of guilt. (Comp. 2Kings 2:23, seq., 2Kings 6:17.)Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAgain Elijahאֵלִיָּה֮ (’ê·lî·yāh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 452: Elijah -- 'Yah is God', a well-known prophet of Israel, also three other Israelitesreplied,וַיַּ֣עַן (way·ya·‘an)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 6030: To answer, respond“Ifאִם־ (’im-)ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, notIאָ֔נִי (’ā·nî)Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 589: Iam a manאִ֤ישׁ (’îš)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personof God,הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativemay fireאֵשׁ֙ (’êš)Noun - common singularStrong's 784: A firecome downתֵּ֤רֶד (tê·reḏ)Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singularStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendfromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 8064: Heaven, skyand consumeוְתֹאכַ֥ל (wə·ṯō·ḵal)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 398: To eatyouאֹתְךָ֖ (’ō·ṯə·ḵā)Direct object marker | second person masculine singularStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative caseandוְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case[your] fifty [men].”חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ (ḥă·miš·še·ḵā)Number - common plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 2572: FiftyAnd the fireאֵשׁ־ (’êš-)Noun - common singular constructStrong's 784: A fireof Godאֱלֹהִים֙ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativecame downוַתֵּ֤רֶד (wat·tê·reḏ)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 3381: To come or go down, descendfromמִן־ (min-)PrepositionStrong's 4480: A part of, from, out ofheavenהַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 8064: Heaven, skyand consumedוַתֹּ֥אכַל (wat·tō·ḵal)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 398: To eathimאֹת֖וֹ (’ō·ṯōw)Direct object marker | third person masculine singularStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative caseandוְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerStrong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case[his] fifty men.חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃ (ḥă·miš·šāw)Number - common plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 2572: FiftyJump to PreviousConsume Consumed Consumeth Elijah Eli'jah Fell Fifty Fire Heaven Heavens Sky Speaketh
