1 Kings 8:38

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.

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,

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

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—

40 so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.

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

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BSB
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
KJV
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
WEB
whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house,
ASV
what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
DARBY
what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;
BLB
whatever prayer, any supplication, whatever is made by any man [or] by all Your people Israel when knows each one the plague of his own heart and spreads out his hands toward this house,
ÅB
hver gang da noe menneske eller hele ditt folk Israel bærer fram noen bønn eller ydmyk begjæring, fordi de hver for seg kjenner seg rammet i sin samvittighet, og de så breder ut sine hender mot dette hus,
OTB
hvilken som helst bønn eller bønn som blir gjort av noen eller av hele Ditt folk Israel, hver og en som kjenner sitt eget hjertes plage, og sprer sine hender mot dette huset,
B1930
hver gang da noget menneske eller hele ditt folk Israel bærer frem nogen bønn eller ydmyk begjæring, fordi de hver for sig kjenner sig rammet i sin samvittighet, og de så breder ut sine hender mot dette hus,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 8:22

    Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

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  • Philippians 4:6

    Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

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  • Amos 7:1–6

    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up.

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  • Psalms 73:21–22

    When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,

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  • Isaiah 1:15

    When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

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  • Psalms 42:6

    O my God, my soul despairs within me. Therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan and the peaks of Hermon— even from Mount Mizar.

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  • Psalms 42:11

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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  • Psalms 42:9

    I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

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