1 Kings 8:38
36 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.
37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
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:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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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
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1 Kings 8:22
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
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Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
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Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king’s mowings.
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Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
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And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
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O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
Read in contextPsalms 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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