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1 Kings 8:42-44
Common English Bible
1 Kings 8:42-44
Common English Bible
42 because they will hear of your great reputation, your great power, and your outstretched arm. When the immigrant comes and prays toward this temple, 43 then listen from heaven, where you live, and do everything the immigrant asks. Do this so that all the people of the earth may know your reputation and revere you, as your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I have built bears your name.
44 When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you may send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and toward this temple that I have built for your name,
1 Kings 8:42-44
New International Version
1 Kings 8:42-44
New International Version
42 for they will hear(A) of your great name and your mighty hand(B) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple, 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know(C) your name and fear(D) you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.(E)
44 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray(F) to the Lord toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name,
1 Kings 8:42-44
King James Version
1 Kings 8:42-44
King James Version
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
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