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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,

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◆ Reign of Solomon

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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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