1 Kings 8:30
28 Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.
29 May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
31 When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
32 then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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- BSB
- Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
- KJV
- And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
- WEB
- Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
- ASV
- And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place; and when thou hearest, forgive.
- DARBY
- And hearken unto the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place, and hear thou in thy dwelling-place, in the heavens, and when thou hearest, forgive.
- BLB
- And may You listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. And may You listen in the place of Your dwelling, in the heavens—and You have listened and have forgiven.
- ÅB
- Du vil høre på din tjeners og ditt folk Israels ydmyke begjæring, som de bærer fram, vendt mot dette sted; du vil høre den på det sted hvor du bor, i himmelen; du vil høre og tilgi.
- OTB
- Og hør på Din tjeners bønn og Ditt folk Israels bønn når de ber mot dette stedet; hør i himmelen Din bolig; og når Du hører, tilgi.
- B1930
- Du vil høre på din tjeners og ditt folk Israels ydmyke begjæring, som de bærer frem, vendt mot dette sted; du vil høre den på det sted hvor du bor, i himmelen; du vil høre og tilgi.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 8:34
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
Read in context1 Kings 8:39
be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
Read in context1 Kings 8:36
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
Read in contextDaniel 9:19
O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
Read in contextIsaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
Read in contextPsalms 130:3–4
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 5:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
Read in contextPsalms 33:13–14
The LORD looks down from heaven; He sees all the sons of men.
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