1 Kings 8:45
What does 1 Kings 8:45 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Kings 8:45 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862then Thou hast heard in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And then hear thou in heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
Context
v.44If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;
v.45This passage
v.46If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 9:4
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
- Genesis 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
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