1 Kings 18

NET

27 At noon Elijah mocked them, “Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened.”


Darby

27 And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.


KJV

27 And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloudK1940: for he [is] a god; either he is talkingK1941, or he is pursuingK1942, or he is in a journey, [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.


KJV Bible Notes

aloud: Heb. with a great voice. he is talking: Or, he meditateth. is pursuing: Heb. hath a pursuit.