1 Kings 8:41 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Kings 8:41

39 then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone ^aknow the hearts of all the sons of men),

40 ^athat they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers.

41 “Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name’s sake

42 (for they will hear of Your great name and Your ^astrong hand and Your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this temple,

43 hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, ^athat all peoples of the earth may know Your name and ^bfear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this temple which I have built is called by Your name.

44 “When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name,

45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their¹ cause.

46 “When they sin against You ^a(for there is no one who does not sin), and You become angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, and they take them captive ^bto the land of the enemy, far or near;

47 ^ayet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, ^bsaying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness’;

48 and when they ^areturn to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who led them away captive, and ^bpray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen and the temple which I have built for Your name:

49 then hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their¹ cause,

50 and forgive Your people who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You; and ^agrant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have compassion on them

Verse Comparison: 1 Kings 8:41

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American Standard Version
Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake;

Amplified® Bible
Moreover, concerning a stranger who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a far country for the sake of Your name [and Your active Presence]--

Contemporary English Version
Foreigners will hear about you and your mighty power, and some of them will come to live among your people Israel. If any of them pray toward this temple,

Darby English Version
And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake

Good News Bible
"When a foreigner who lives in a distant land hears of your fame and of the great things you have done for your people and comes to worship you and to pray at this Temple,

King James Version
Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

New American Standard Bible
"Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake

New International Version
"As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name-

New King James Version
'Moreover, concerning a foreigner, who is not of Your people Israel, but has come from a far country for Your name's sake

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Also concerning the foreigner who does not belong to Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake

Revised Standard Version
"Likewise when a foreigner, who is not of thy people Israel, comes from a far country for thy name's sake

Young's Literal Translation
`And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and hath come from a land afar off for Thy name's sake --

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