Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication
1 Kings 8:49
In 11 translations
- BSB
- then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
- KJV
- Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,cause: or, right
- WEB
- then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
- ASV
- then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
- LSV
- then You have heard in the heavens, the settled place of Your dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and have maintained their cause,
- YLT
- 'Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause,
- DBY
- then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;
- DRC
- Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy throne, their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them:
- GNV
- Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and iudge their cause,
- JPS
- then hear Thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
- LXXE
- then shalt thou hear from heaven thine established dwelling-place,
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ מְכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֔ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָֽם׃
- LXX-Br
- καὶ εἰσακούσῃ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐξ ἑτοίμου κατοικητηρίου σου,
Who and where
◆ Reign of Solomon
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
PrayerDedicationSolomonIntercessionTempleStavesTemple, Solomon’sArk of the CovenantTemple, the FirstOmnipresence
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Cross-references most cited first
- Zechariah 1:15–16but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’ Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there My…
- 2 Kings 19:19And 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.”
- 1 Kings 8:45then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
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