1 Kings 8:36

Forgiveness Guidance and decisions Repentance Prayer

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,

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.

³⁷ When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,

³⁸ then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
WEB: then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
ASV: then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
DARBY: then hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
BLB: then may You hear in the heavens and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk, and May you send rain on Your land that You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

ÅB: så vil du høre det i himmelen og tilgi dine tjeneres og ditt folk Israels synd, fordi du lærer dem den gode vei de skal vandre, og du vil la det regne over ditt land, som du har gitt ditt folk til arv.
OTB: da hør i himmelen og tilgi Dine tjeneres og Ditt folk Israels synd; lær dem virkelig den gode veien de skal vandre. Og send regn på Ditt land, som Du har gitt til Ditt folk som en arv.
B1930: så vil du høre det i himmelen og forlate dine tjeneres og ditt folk Israels synd, fordi du lærer dem den gode vei de skal vandre, og du vil la det regne over ditt land, som du har gitt ditt folk til arv.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 27:11
Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
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1 Samuel 12:23
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
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Jeremiah 6:16
This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
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Psalms 25:4–5
Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
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Jeremiah 14:22
Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
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1 Kings 18:45
Meanwhile, the sky grew dark with clouds and wind, and a heavy rain began to fall. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.
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Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
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1 Kings 18:1
After a long time, in the third year of the drought, the word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the face of the earth.”
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