1 Kings 8:42

The stranger and outcast Witness and mission God's power and sovereignty

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

⁴¹ And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—

for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

⁴³ then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

⁴⁴ When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
KJV: (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
WEB: (for they shall hear of your great name and of your mighty hand and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house,
ASV: (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;
DARBY: (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched-out arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house,
BLB: for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm—and he comes and prays toward this house,

ÅB: - for de vil få høre om ditt store navn og om din sterke hånd og om din utrakte arm - kommer og ber, vendt mot dette hus,
OTB: (for de vil høre om Ditt store navn, og Din mektige hånd, og Din utstrakte arm), når han kommer og ber mot dette huset,
B1930: - for de vil få høre om ditt store navn og om din sterke hånd og om din utrakte arm - kommer og beder, vendt mot dette hus,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 3:24
“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
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Deuteronomy 11:2–3
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
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Daniel 3:28
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
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Psalms 86:8–9
O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
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Joshua 7:9
When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. Then what will You do for Your great name?”
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2 Chronicles 32:31
And so when ambassadors of the rulers of Babylon were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone to test him, that He might know all that was in Hezekiah’s heart.
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Exodus 9:15
For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
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Exodus 15:14
The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
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