1 Kings 8 · Verse 35

1 Kings 8:35

When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
1 Kings 8:35, King James Version

1 Kings 8:35 in other translations

BSBWhen the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,
WEB“When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,
ASVWhen heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:
YLT‘In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name, and from their sin turn back, for Thou dost afflict them,
DARBYWhen the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, because thou hast afflicted them;
BBEWhen heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:
WebsterWhen heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray towards this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

What does 1 Kings 8:35 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain - The Third case. When, because of their sin, and their ceasing to walk in the good way in which they should have walked, God refuses to send the early and latter rain, so that the appointed weeks of harvest come in vain, as there is no crop: then, if they pray and confess their sin, hear thou in heaven, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 8:22-53

In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and favour from God. The experiences we have of God's performing his promises, should encourage us to depend upon them, and to plead them with him; and those who expect further mercies, must be thankful for former mercies. God's…

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1 Kings 8:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּהֵעָצֵ֥רbe.he.'a.Tzerwhen are shut upH6113
שָׁמַ֛יִםsha.Ma.yim[the] heavensH8064
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961
מָטָ֖רma.TarrainH4306
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
יֶחֶטְאוּ\־ye.chet.'u-they will sinH2398
לָ֑ךְLakhto you
וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֞וּve.hit.pa.Luand they will prayH6419
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמָּק֤וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וְהוֹד֣וּve.ho.Duand they will praiseH3034
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁמֶ֔ךָshe.Me.khaname yourH8034
וּמֵחַטָּאתָ֥םu.me.cha.ta.Tamand from sin theirH2403
יְשׁוּב֖וּןye.shu.Vunthey will turn back !H7725
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
תַעֲנֵֽם\׃ta.'a.Nemyou will afflict themH6031

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Kings 8:35

  • Deuteronomy 11:17

    And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.

  • Leviticus 26:19

    And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

  • 1 Kings 8:33

    When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

  • 2 Samuel 24:13

    So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

  • Revelation 11:6

    These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

  • Luke 4:25

    But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

  • Deuteronomy 28:23-24

    And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

  • Isaiah 9:13

    For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts.

  • Joel 1:13-20

    Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord, Alas for the day! for the day of the Lord is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? …

  • Deuteronomy 28:12

    The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:24

    And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;

  • 1 Kings 17:1

    And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
heaven.
17:1; Le 26:19; De 11:17; 28:12,23,24; 2Sa 24:13; Jer 14:1-7
Eze 14:13; Mal 3:10; Lu 4:25; Re 11:6
if they pray.
33; 2Ch 6:24,26; Ro 10:9; 15:9
confess.
29,30; Joe 1:13-20; 2:15-17
and turn.
33; Isa 1:15,16; 9:13; Eze 18:30-32; Ho 14:1

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Context

  • 1 Kings 8:34

    Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

  • 1 Kings 8:35

    When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:

  • 1 Kings 8:36

    Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

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1 Kings 8:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Cuando el cielo se cerrare, y no lloviere, por haber ellos pecado contra ti, y te rogaren en este lugar, y confesaren tu nombre, y se volvieren del pecado, cuando los hubieres afligido;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Quand les cieux seront fermés et qu’il n’y aura pas de pluie, parce qu’ils auront péché contre toi, s’ils prient en se tournant vers ce lieu-ci, et qu’ils confessent ton nom et reviennent de leur péché, parce que tu les auras affligés:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn der Himmel verschlossen, und kein Regen sein wird, weil sie wider dich gesündigt haben, und sie beten gegen diesen Ort hin und bekennen deinen Namen und kehren um von ihrer Sünde, weil du sie demütigst:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si clausum fuerit cælum, et non pluerit propter peccata eorum, et orantes in loco isto, pœnitentiam egerint nomini tuo, et a peccatis suis conversi fuerint propter afflictionem suam: