So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ¹  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ² 

biblegateway 1Ki 18:28

So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them.

They shouted loudly, and cut themselves with knives and spears, according to their custom, until blood gushed out on them.

So they shouted louder. They also cut themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. (This is what their ritual called for.)

biblegateway 1Ki 18:28

So they shouted louder and slashed themselves with swords and spears, as was their custom, until their blood flowed.

And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with swords and lances, until the blood gushed out upon them.

bibleoremus 1Ki 18:28

Then they cried aloud and, as was their custom, they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them.

They cried still louder and, as was their custom, gashed themselves with swords and spears until the blood flowed.

biblegateway 1Ki 18:28

So they cried aloud, and cut themselves, as was their custom, with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.

And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

biblegateway 1Ki 18:28

So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, ¹  mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. ² 

¹ tn Or “as was their custom.”

² tn Heb “until blood poured out on them.”

² sn mutilated…covered with blood. This self-mutilation was a mourning rite designed to facilitate Baal’s return from the underworld.