1 Kings 8:26
What does 1 Kings 8:26 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 8:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, David my father.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David, my father.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And now, OGod of Israel, let thy words, I pray thee, be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David my father.
Context
v.25Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
v.26This passage
v.27But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 45:3
and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that it is I, Jehovah, who call thee by thy name, even the God of Israel.
- Psalms 41:13
Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen.
- Psalms 119:49
Remember the word unto thy servant, Because thou hast made me to hope.
- 1 Kings 8:23
and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;
- 2 Samuel 7:25
And now, O Jehovah God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, confirm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken.
- 1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace; and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him.
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