Devine Scripture

1 Kings 8:42

1 Kings chapter 8 · verse 42 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

(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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house;

Context

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

v.42This passage

v.43hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 63:12

    that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • Exodus 34:5

    And Jehovah descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.

  • 2 Kings 17:36

    but Jehovah, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice:

  • Ezekiel 20:9

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • Jeremiah 32:17

    Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thine outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for thee,

  • Jeremiah 31:11

    For Jehovah hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.