1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
1 Kings 8:49 in other translations
| BSB | then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. |
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| 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; |
| YLT | ‘Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause, |
| DARBY | then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right; |
| BBE | Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them; |
| Webster | Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause, |
What does 1 Kings 8:49 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…
1 Kings 8:49 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 8:49
- 1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- 2 Kings 19:19
Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.
- Zechariah 1:15-16
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
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Context
- 1 Kings 8:48
And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
- 1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- 1 Kings 8:50
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
1 Kings 8:49 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tú oirás en los cielos, en la habitación de tu morada, su oración y su súplica, y les harás derecho; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | alors, écoute dans les cieux, le lieu de ton habitation, leur prière et leur supplication, et fais-leur droit, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so höre im Himmel, der Stätte deiner Wohnung, ihr Gebet und ihr Flehen, und führe ihr Recht aus; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | exaudies in cælo, in firmamento solii tui, orationes eorum et preces eorum, et facies judicium eorum: |