1 Kings 8:43
41 And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
42 for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
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,
45 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
- ASV
- hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by my name.
- DARBY
- hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, [and] that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
- BLB
- then may You hear in the heavens, the fixed place of Your dwelling, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You as do Your people Israel, that they may know that Your name is called by this house that I have built,
- ÅB
- så vil du høre det i himmelen, der hvor du bor, og gjøre alt som den fremmede roper til deg om, så alle jordens folk må lære å kjenne ditt navn og frykte deg slik som ditt folk Israel og forstå at det er ditt navn som det nevnes med dette hus som jeg har bygget.
- OTB
- hør i himmelen Din bolig, og gjør i henhold til alt som den fremmede kaller til Deg, slik at alle jordens folk kan kjenne Ditt navn, frykte Deg som Ditt folk Israel gjør, og at de kan vite at dette huset som jeg har bygget er kalt ved Ditt navn.
- B1930
- så vil du høre det i himmelen, der hvor du bor, og gjøre alt som den fremmede roper til dig om, så alle jordens folk må lære å kjenne ditt navn og frykte dig likesom ditt folk Israel og forstå at det er ditt navn som det nevnes med dette hus som jeg har bygget.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 17:46
This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 86:9
All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Read in contextPsalms 102:15
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
Read in contextPsalms 22:27
All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:9
They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.
Read in context2 Kings 19:19
And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
Read in contextPsalms 67:2
that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
Read in contextJoshua 4:24
He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”
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