Devine Scripture

1 Kings 8:59

1 Kings chapter 8 · verse 59 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;

Context

v.58that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

v.59This passage

v.60that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.

Cross references

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

  • Luke 11:3

    Give us day by day our daily bread.

  • John 17:9

    I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine:

  • Psalms 102:1

    Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, And let my cry come unto thee.

  • Deuteronomy 33:25

    Thy bars shall be iron and brass; And as thy days, so shall thy strength be.

  • 1 John 2:2

    and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

  • John 17:20

    Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;