1 Kings 8:45

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

Her forteller Bibelen en historie om noen andre. Spør deg selv hva den kan si oss i dag. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
så vil du i himmelen høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett.
OTB
da hør i himmelen deres bønn og deres bønn, og støtt deres sak.
B1930
så vil du i himmelen høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett.
BSB
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
KJV
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
WEB
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
ASV
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
DARBY
then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
BLB
then may You hear in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

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Kryssreferanser

  • Psalms 9:4

    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

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  • Genesis 18:25

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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