1 Kings 8:40
What does 1 Kings 8:40 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 8:40 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
KJV
King James Version · 1611That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So that they may give you worship all the days of their life in the land which you gave to our fathers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862so that they fear Thee all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752That they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which thou hast given to our fathers.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890that they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Context
v.39then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
v.40This passage
v.41Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name’s sake
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 32:39
and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
- Revelation 15:4
Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.
- 1 Samuel 12:24
Only fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he hath done for you.
- Hebrews 12:28
Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:
- Genesis 22:12
And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou anything unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me.
- Psalms 130:4
But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.
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