1 Kings 8:51

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

⁵⁰ May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

⁵² May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

⁵³ For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

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.

Compare

BSB: For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
KJV: For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
WEB: (for they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron furnace);
ASV: (for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);
DARBY: (for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron)
BLB: For they [are] Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron,

ÅB: de er jo ditt folk og din arv, som du førte ut av Egypt, midt ut av jernovnen.
OTB: For de er Ditt folk og Din arv som Du førte ut av Egypt, fra midten av jernovnen—
B1930: de er jo ditt folk og din arv, som du førte ut av Egypten, midt ut av jernovnen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 11:4
which I commanded your forefathers when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying, ‘Obey Me, and do everything I command you, and you will be My people, and I will be your God.’
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Deuteronomy 4:20
Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today.
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Nehemiah 1:10
They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
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Jeremiah 51:19
The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
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Exodus 32:11–12
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?
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Deuteronomy 9:26–29
And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
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Numbers 14:13–19
But Moses said to the LORD, “The Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought this people from among them.
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1 Kings 8:53
For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”
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