1 Kings 8:56
Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
1 Kings 8:56 in other translations
| BSB | “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses. |
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| WEB | “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. There has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant. |
| ASV | Blessed be Jehovah, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by Moses his servant. |
| YLT | ‘Blessed is Jehovah who hath given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He hath spoken; there hath not fallen one word of all His good word, which He spake by the hand of Moses his servant. |
| DARBY | Blessed be Jehovah, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promises which he spoke through Moses his servant! |
| BBE | Praise be to the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, as he gave them his word to do; every word of all his oath, which he gave by the hand of Moses his servant, has come true. |
| Webster | Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. |
What does 1 Kings 8:56 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Kings 8:54-61
Never was a congregation dismissed with what was more likely to affect them, and to abide with them. What Solomon asks for in this prayer, is still granted in the intercession of Christ, of which his supplication was a type. We shall receive grace sufficient, suitable, and seasonable, in every time of need. No human heart is of itself willing to obey the gospel call to repentance, faith, and newness of life, walking…
1 Kings 8:56 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 8:56
- Joshua 23:14-15
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.
- Joshua 21:44-45
And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not ought of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
- 1 Samuel 3:19
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
- Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
- Luke 1:72-73
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
- 2 Kings 10:10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
- Deuteronomy 3:20
Until the Lord have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you.
- Deuteronomy 12:10
But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
- Hebrews 4:3-9
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: …
- Luke 1:54-55
He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
- Deuteronomy 12:12
And ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest.
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- 1 Kings 8:55
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
- 1 Kings 8:56
Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
- 1 Kings 8:57
The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
1 Kings 8:56 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Bendito sea Jehová, que ha dado reposo á su pueblo Israel, conforme á todo lo que él había dicho; ninguna palabra de todas sus promesas que expresó por Moisés su siervo, ha faltado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Béni soit l’ Éternel, qui a donné du repos à son peuple Israël, selon tout ce qu’il avait dit! Pas un mot de toute sa bonne parole qu’il prononça par Moïse, son serviteur, n’est tombé à terre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Gepriesen sei Jehova, der seinem Volke Israel Ruhe gegeben, nach allem, was er geredet hat! Kein einziges Wort ist dahingefallen von allen seinen guten Worten, die er durch seinen Knecht Mose geredet hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Benedictus Dominus, qui dedit requiem populo suo Israël, juxta omnia quæ locutus est: non cecidit ne unus quidem sermo ex omnibus bonis quæ locutus est per Moysen servum suum. |