1 Kings 8:43
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
42 (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;
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:
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain 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 will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 86:9
All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
Read in contextPsalms 102:15
So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
Read in contextPsalms 22:27
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:9
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Read in context2 Kings 19:19
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
Read in contextPsalms 67:2
That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
Read in contextJoshua 4:24
That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
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