1 Kings 8 · Verse 60

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 8:60, King James Version

1 Kings 8:60 in other translations

BSBso that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
WEBthat all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD himself is God. There is no one else.
ASVthat all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.
YLTfor all the peoples of the earth knowing that Jehovah, He is God; there is none else;
DARBYthat all peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah is God, that there is none else;
BBESo that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other.
WebsterThat all the people of the earth may know, that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.

What does 1 Kings 8:60 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…

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1 Kings 8:60 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.

לְמַ֗עַןle.Ma.'anso asH4616
דַּ֚עַתDa.'atto knowH3045
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
עַמֵּ֣י'a.Mei[the] peoples ofH5971
הָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
כִּ֥יkithatH3588
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
ה֣וּאhu'heH1931
הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםha.'E.lo.Him[is] <the> GodH430
אֵ֖ין'einthere notH369
עֽוֹד\׃od[is] still moreH5750

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

Cross references for 1 Kings 8:60

  • Deuteronomy 4:35

    Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

  • 1 Kings 18:39

    And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.

  • Jeremiah 10:10-12

    But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 17:46

    This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

  • Isaiah 45:22

    Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.

  • Isaiah 44:8

    Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

  • Deuteronomy 4:39

    Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

  • Isaiah 44:6

    Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.

  • Isaiah 45:5-6

    I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

  • Joshua 4:24

    That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.

  • Isaiah 44:24

    Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;

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That all.
43; Jos 4:24; 1Sa 17:46; 2Ki 19:19
the Lord.
18:39; De 4:35,39; Isa 44:6,8,24; 45:5,6,22; Jer 10:10-12
Joe 2:27

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Context

  • 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 8:61

    Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.

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1 Kings 8:60 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
A fin de que todos los pueblos de la tierra sepan que Jehová es Dios, y que no hay otro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
afin que tous les peuples de la terre sachent que l’ Éternel, lui, est Dieu, qu’il n’y en a pas d’autre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
damit alle Völker der Erde erkennen, daß Jehova Gott ist, keiner mehr.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut sciant omnes populi terræ quia Dominus ipse est Deus, et non est ultra absque eo.