1 Kings 8:42

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

⁴⁰ That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

⁴¹ Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;

(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;

⁴³ Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.

⁴⁴ If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy 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, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
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Deuteronomy 11:2–3
And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm,
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Daniel 3:28
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
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Psalms 86:8–9
Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
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Joshua 7:9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name?
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2 Chronicles 32:31
Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
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Exodus 9:15
For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
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Exodus 15:14
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
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