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1 Kings 8:47

RepentancePrayerSinForgiveness

45 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

48 and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

49 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

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BSB
and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
KJV
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
WEB
yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly,’
ASV
yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
DARBY
and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done iniquity, we have dealt perversely;
BLB
and they have turned [it] back to their heart in the land where they were carried captive there, and they turn back and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
ÅB
men de så tar seg det til hjerte i det land hvor de holdes fanget, og omvender seg og bønnfaller deg om nåde i deres land som holder dem fanget, og sier: Vi har syndet og gjort ille, vi har vært ugudelige,
OTB
hvis de tar det til hjertet i landet der de har blitt bortført, og omvender seg og ber til Deg i sine fangevokteres land, og sier, 'Vi har syndet og gjort urett, vi har handlet ugudelig';
B1930
men de så tar sig det til hjerte i det land hvor de holdes fanget, og omvender sig og bønnfaller dig om nåde i deres land som holder dem fanget, og sier: Vi har syndet og gjort ille, vi har vært ugudelige,

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Cross references

  • Psalms 106:6

    We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

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  • Nehemiah 1:6–11

    let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

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  • Ezra 9:6–7

    and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

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  • Nehemiah 9:26–30

    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

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  • Deuteronomy 30:1–2

    “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,

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  • Deuteronomy 4:29–31

    But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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  • Leviticus 26:40–45

    But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

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  • 2 Chronicles 33:12–13

    And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.

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