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1 Kings 8:33

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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.

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

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.

35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

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BSB
When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
KJV
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:
WEB
“When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, if they turn again to you and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house,
ASV
When thy people Israel are smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house:
DARBY
When thy people Israel are put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house;
BLB
When Your people Israel are defeated before the face of an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn back to You and confess Your name, and they pray and make supplication to You in this house,
ÅB
Når ditt folk Israel blir slått av fienden fordi de synder mot deg, men de så vender om til deg og bekjenner ditt navn og ber til deg og bønnfaller deg om nåde i dette hus,
OTB
Når Ditt folk Israel blir beseiret foran en fiende fordi de har syndet mot Deg, hvis de vender seg til Deg igjen og bekjenner Ditt navn og ber og ber til Deg i dette huset,
B1930
Når ditt folk Israel blir slått av fienden fordi de synder mot dig, men de så vender om til dig og bekjenner ditt navn og beder til dig og bønnfaller dig om nåde i dette hus,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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  • Jonah 3:10

    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

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  • 2 Chronicles 6:24–25

    When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

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  • Leviticus 26:25

    And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

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  • Leviticus 26:39–42

    Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.

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  • Judges 6:1–2

    Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,

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