1 Kings 8:59
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
1 Kings 8:59 in other translations
| BSB | And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires, |
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| WEB | Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as every day requires; |
| ASV | And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require; |
| YLT | and these my words with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, are near unto Jehovah our God by day and by night, to maintain the cause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel, the matter of a day in its day; |
| DARBY | And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh to Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the right of his servant, and the right of his people Israel, as the matter of each day shall require; |
| BBE | And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need. |
| Webster | And let these my words with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh to the LORD our God day and night, that he may maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: |
What does 1 Kings 8:59 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 8:59 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Kings 8:59
- Psalms 141:2
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
- John 17:9
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
- Luke 11:3
Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Deuteronomy 33:25
Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
- 1 John 2:2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
- John 17:20-24
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. …
- Psalms 102:1-2
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before the Lord. Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily.
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nigh.
Ps 102:1,2; 141:2; Joh 17:9,20-24; 1Jo 2:2
at all times. Heb. the thing of a day in his day.
Lu 11:3
as the matter.
De 33:25
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Context
- 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 8:59
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:
- 1 Kings 8:60
That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else.
1 Kings 8:59 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y que estas mis palabras con que he orado delante de Jehová, estén cerca de Jehová nuestro Dios de día y de noche, para que él proteja la causa de su siervo, y de su pueblo Israel, cada cosa en su tiempo; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et que ces miennes paroles, par lesquelles j’ai fait ma supplication devant l’ Éternel, soient présentes à l’ Éternel, notre Dieu, jour et nuit, pour qu’il fasse droit à son serviteur et droit à son peuple Israël, chaque jour selon que le cas le demande; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und diese meine Worte, die ich vor Jehova gefleht habe, mögen Jehova, unserem Gott, nahe sein Tag und Nacht, daß er das Recht seines Knechtes und das Recht seines Volkes Israel ausführe, je nachdem der Tag es erfordert; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et sint sermones mei isti, quibus deprecatus sum coram Domino, appropinquantes Domino Deo nostro die ac nocte, ut faciat judicium servo suo, et populo suo Israël per singulos dies: |