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Solomon’s Prayer for Wisdom

2 Chronicles 1:7

In 11 translations

BSB
That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
KJV
¶ In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
WEB
That night, God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for what you want me to give you.”
ASV
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
LSV
In that night God has appeared to Solomon and says to him, “Ask—what do I give to you?”
YLT
In that night hath God appeared to Solomon, and saith to him, 'Ask — what do I give to thee?'
DBY
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.Elohim
DRC
And behold that night God appeared to him, saying: Ask what thou wilt that I should give thee.
GNV
The same night did God appeare vnto Salomon, and sayde vnto him, Aske what I shall giue thee.
JPS
In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him: 'Ask what I shall give thee.'
LXXE
In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֔וּא נִרְאָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים לִשְׁלֹמֹ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ שְׁאַ֖ל מָ֥ה אֶתֶּן־לָֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ ὤφθη Θεὸς τῷ Σαλωμὼν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, αἴτησαι τί σοι δῶ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
  • 1 John 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we already possess what we have asked of Him.
  • John 16:23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
  • Proverbs 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
  • Mark 10:51“What do you want Me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “Rabboni,” said the blind man, “let me see again.”
  • 1 Kings 3:5–15One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” Solomon replied, “You have shown much loving devotion to Your servant, my father David, because he walked…
  • Mark 10:36–37“What do you want Me to do for you?” He inquired. They answered, “Grant that one of us may sit at Your right hand and the other at Your left in Your glory.”

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