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 8:57 in other translations
| BSB | May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us. |
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| WEB | May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake us, |
| ASV | Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us; |
| YLT | ‘Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us; |
| DARBY | Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off: |
| BBE | Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up; |
| Webster | The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: |
What does 1 Kings 8:57 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 8:57 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 8:57
- Joshua 1:5
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
- Deuteronomy 31:8
And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
- Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
- Joshua 1:9
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
- 1 Samuel 12:22
For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.
- Matthew 1:23
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
- Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
- 1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
- Psalms 46:11
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- 2 Chronicles 32:7-8
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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Context
- 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 8:58
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
1 Kings 8:57 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sea con nosotros Jehová nuestro Dios, como fué con nuestros padres; y no nos desampare, ni nos deje; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Que l’ Éternel, notre Dieu, soit avec nous comme il a été avec nos pères, (qu’il ne nous abandonne pas et ne nous délaisse pas) |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova, unser Gott, sei mit uns, so wie er mit unseren Vätern gewesen ist; er verlasse uns nicht und verstoße uns nicht: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Sit Dominus Deus noster nobiscum, sicut fuit cum patribus nostris, non derelinquens nos, neque projiciens. |