1 Kings 8:29

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You said, “My name shall be there,” to hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    that thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605} toward this house{H1004} night{H3915} and day,{H3117} even toward the place{H4725} whereof thou hast said,{H559} My name{H8034} shall be there; to hearken{H8085} unto the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} shall pray{H6419} toward this place.{H4725}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    That thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605}{(H8803)} toward this house{H1004} night{H3915} and day{H3117}, even toward the place{H4725} of which thou hast said{H559}{(H8804)}, My name{H8034} shall be there: that thou mayest hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto the prayer{H8605} which thy servant{H5650} shall make{H6419}{(H8691)} toward this place{H4725}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    so that thine eyes be open ouer this house night and daye, euen ouer this place (wherof thou saydest: My name shall dwell there.) That thou mayest heare the prayer which thy seruaut maketh in this place,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shalbe there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    That thyne eyes may be open toward this house nyght and day, euen toward this place, of which thou haste said, My name shal be there: That thou mayst hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruaunt prayeth in this place,

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for Thine eyes being open towards this house night and day, towards the place of which Thou hast said, My Name is there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant prayeth towards this place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    That your eyes may be open to this house night and day, to this place of which you have said, My name will be there; hearing the prayer which your servant may make, turning to this place.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there;' to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then to the place the Lord your God chooses for His name to dwell, you shall bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes, your special gifts, and all the choice offerings you have vowed to the Lord.
  • Neh 1:6 : 6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.
  • 2 Chr 6:20 : 20 'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, to listen to the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.
  • 1 Kgs 8:16 : 16 'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'
  • 1 Kgs 8:52 : 52 May Your eyes be open to Your servant’s plea and to the plea of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 So King Darius signed the written decree and the edict.
  • Dan 9:18 : 18 Incline Your ear, my God, and hear. Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our pleas before You on account of our righteousness, but because of Your great mercy.
  • John 14:13-14 : 13 And whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
  • Exod 20:24 : 24 Make an altar of earth for Me, and on it you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 'But to his son, I will give one tribe, so that My servant David may always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen for Myself to put My name there.'
  • 2 Kgs 19:16 : 16 Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to taunt the living God.
  • 2 Kgs 21:4 : 4 He built altars in the house of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'In Jerusalem I will put My name.'
  • 2 Kgs 21:7 : 7 He placed the carved Asherah image he had made in the house about which the LORD had said to David and to Solomon his son: 'In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever.
  • 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 The LORD said, 'I will also remove Judah from my presence as I removed Israel. I will reject this city, Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple about which I said, ‘My name shall be there.’'
  • 2 Chr 6:5-6 : 5 'From the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city from any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for My name to be there, nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over My people Israel. 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule over My people Israel.'
  • Deut 16:2 : 2 You shall sacrifice the Passover offering to the Lord your God, from your flock and herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to place His name.
  • Deut 16:6 : 6 Only at the place the Lord your God chooses as His dwelling for His name shall you sacrifice the Passover offering, in the evening, at sunset, at the time you left Egypt.
  • Deut 26:2 : 2 you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the LORD your God is giving you, and put it in a basket. Then you shall go to the place that the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His name,
  • 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all the foreigner asks You for, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house I have built is called by Your name.
  • Neh 1:9 : 9 but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.'
  • Ps 34:15 : 15 Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
  • 2 Chr 6:40 : 40 Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
  • 2 Chr 7:15-16 : 15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. 16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.
  • 2 Chr 16:9 : 9 For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, you will face wars.
  • 2 Chr 20:8 : 8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,
  • 2 Chr 33:4 : 4 He built altars in the temple of the LORD, about which the LORD had said, 'My name will remain in Jerusalem forever.'
  • 2 Chr 33:7 : 7 Manasseh took a carved idol that he had made and placed it in the temple of God, of which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, 'In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will put my Name forever.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 6:19-21
    3 verses
    94%

    19 'Yet have regard for the prayer and the plea of Your servant, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant prays before You.

    20 'May Your eyes be open toward this house day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, to listen to the prayer Your servant prays toward this place.

    21 'Hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-28
    3 verses
    88%

    26 'Now therefore, God of Israel, confirm the word that You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.'

    27 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'

    28 'Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, LORD my God. Listen to the cry and the prayer that Your servant prays before You today.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:30
    84%

    30 'Hear the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive.'

  • 2 Chr 7:15-16
    2 verses
    84%

    15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

    16 I have chosen and consecrated this house so that My name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will always be there.

  • 2 Chr 6:38-40
    3 verses
    84%

    38 And when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and they pray toward the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your name,

    39 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications. Uphold their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

    40 Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

  • 1 Kgs 9:3
    82%

    3 The LORD said to him, 'I have heard your prayer and your plea that you made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will always be there.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
    82%

    52 May Your eyes be open to Your servant’s plea and to the plea of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

  • 1 Kgs 8:41-45
    5 verses
    80%

    41 As for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a distant land because of Your name—

    42 for they will hear of Your great name, Your mighty hand, and Your outstretched arm. When they come and pray toward this house,

    43 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all the foreigner asks You for, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house I have built is called by Your name.

    44 When Your people go out to fight against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the temple I have built for Your name,

    45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

  • 1 Kgs 8:59
    79%

    59 May these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel according to each day’s need.

  • Neh 1:6
    78%

    6 let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father’s family, have committed against you.

  • 2 Chr 6:31-35
    5 verses
    78%

    31 so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live on the face of the earth, which You gave to our ancestors.

    32 Even concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a distant land because of Your great name, Your mighty hand, and Your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this house—

    33 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place. Do according to all that the foreigner asks of You, so that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You, as Your people Israel do, and may know that this house I have built is called by Your name.

    34 When Your people go out to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house I have built for Your name,

    35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

  • 2 Sam 7:25-29
    5 verses
    77%

    25 And now, O LORD God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and his house, and do as you have spoken.

    26 May your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel,' and may the house of your servant David be established before you.

    27 For you, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed this to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.

    28 And now, O Lord GOD, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

    29 Now therefore, please bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:48-49
    2 verses
    77%

    48 and if they turn back to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You in the direction of the land You gave to their ancestors, the city You have chosen, and the temple I have built for Your name,

    49 then hear their prayer and their plea from heaven, Your dwelling place, and uphold their cause.

  • 1 Chr 17:23-27
    5 verses
    77%

    23 "And now, LORD, let the word you have spoken concerning your servant and his house be established forever. Do as you promised,

    24 so that your name will be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God.' And may the house of your servant David be established before you.

    25 You, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a house for him. That is why your servant has found the courage to pray before you.

    26 And now, LORD, you are God, and you have made this good promise concerning your servant.

    27 Now you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever in your presence. For you, LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.

  • 1 Kgs 8:38
    76%

    38 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among all Your people Israel—being aware of the afflictions in their own hearts and spreading out their hands toward this house—

  • 1 Kgs 8:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33 When Your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against You, and if they turn back to You, confess Your name, pray, and plead with You in this house,

    34 then hear from heaven, forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land You gave to their ancestors.

  • 2 Chr 20:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8 They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

    9 'If disaster comes upon us—whether the sword, judgment, plague, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in your presence (for your name is in this temple) and cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.'

  • 2 Chr 6:24
    74%

    24 If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn back to You and confess Your name, pray, and make supplication before You in this house,

  • 2 Chr 7:12
    74%

    12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

  • 2 Chr 6:29
    74%

    29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among Your people Israel—each aware of their own affliction and pain, and spreading out their hands toward this house—

  • Dan 9:17
    74%

    17 Now, our God, hear the prayer and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary.

  • 1 Chr 29:18
    72%

    18 LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep these intentions and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you.

  • 1 Chr 29:16
    72%

    16 LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build you a house for your holy name comes from your hand, and all of it belongs to you.

  • 2 Chr 6:17
    72%

    17 'Now then, LORD, God of Israel, let Your word that You spoke to Your servant David be confirmed.

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