1 Kings 8 · Verse 45

1 Kings 8:45

Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
1 Kings 8:45, King James Version

1 Kings 8:45 in other translations

BSBthen may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
WEBthen hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
ASVthen hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
YLTthen Thou hast heard in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.
DARBYthen hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
BBEGive ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.
WebsterThen hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

What does 1 Kings 8:45 mean?

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 8:45 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.

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֙ve.sha.ma'.Taand you will hearH8085
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
תְּפִלָּתָ֖םte.fi.la.Tamprayer theirH8605
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
תְּחִנָּתָ֑םte.chi.na.Tamsupplication theirH8467
וְעָשִׂ֖יתָve.'a.Si.taand you will doH6213
מִשְׁפָּטָֽם\׃mish.pa.Tamjustice theirH4941

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

Cross references for 1 Kings 8:45

  • Psalms 9:4

    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

  • Genesis 18:25

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

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cause. or, right.
Ge 18:25; Ps 9:4; Jer 5:28

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Context

  • 1 Kings 8:44

    If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

  • 1 Kings 8:45

    Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

  • 1 Kings 8:46

    If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near;

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1 Kings 8:45 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tú oirás en los cielos su oración y su súplica, y les harás derecho.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		alors, écoute dans les cieux leur prière et leur supplication, et fais-leur droit.
German
Elberfelder 1871		so höre im Himmel ihr Gebet und ihr Flehen, und führe ihr Recht aus.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et exaudies in cælo orationes eorum et preces eorum, et facies judicium eorum.