1 Kings 8:31

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If someone sins against a neighbor and is asked to swear an oath, and they come and take the oath before Your altar in this house,

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    If a man{H376} sin{H2398} against his neighbor,{H7453} and an oath{H423} be laid{H5375} upon him to cause him to swear,{H422} and he come{H935} [and] swear{H423} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house;{H1004}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    If any man{H376} trespass{H2398}{(H8799)} against his neighbour{H7453}, and an oath{H423} be laid{H5375}{(H8804)} upon him to cause him to swear{H422}{(H8687)}, and the oath{H423} come{H935}{(H8804)} before{H6440} thine altar{H4196} in this house{H1004}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Whan eny ma synneth agaynst his neghboure, and taketh vpon him an ooth wherwith he byndeth him selfe, and ye ooth commeth before thine altare in this house,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    When a man shall trespasse against his neighbour, & he lay vpon him an othe to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shall come before thine altar in this house,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    If any man trespasse against his neyghbour, & there go an oth betweene them, and the one compel the other, and come, swearing before thyne aulter in this house:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come `and' swear before thine altar in this house;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before thine altar in this house;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.

Referenced Verses

  • Exod 22:8-9 : 8 In all cases of dishonest dealings, whether involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything lost that someone claims to be theirs, both parties must present their cases before God. The one whom God condemns must pay back double to the other. 9 If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to take care of, and it dies, is injured, or is driven away while no one is watching, 10 the issue between them will be settled by an oath before the Lord that the neighbor has not taken the other’s property. The owner must accept this, and no restitution is required. 11 But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.
  • Lev 5:1 : 1 If someone sins by hearing an oath and is a witness, whether they have seen it or know it, yet they do not report it, they will bear their guilt.
  • Num 5:16-22 : 16 The priest is to bring her forward and have her stand before the Lord. 17 Then the priest will take holy water in a clay jar and put some dust from the tabernacle floor into the water. 18 After the woman is made to stand before the Lord, the priest will loosen her hair, place the grain offering of remembrance, which is the grain offering for jealousy, into her hands, and hold in his hands the bitter water that brings a curse. 19 The priest shall put her under oath and say to her, 'If no man has lain with you and you have not gone astray, defiling yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.' 20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you— 21 then the priest will put the woman under the curse oath and say to her, 'May the Lord make you a curse and an example of cursing among your people by making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell.' 22 May this water that brings a curse enter your body, causing your abdomen to swell and your thigh to waste away.' And the woman shall say, 'Amen, Amen.'
  • 2 Chr 6:22-23 : 22 If someone sins against their neighbor and is required to take an oath before Your altar in this house, 23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge Your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own head, and vindicating the innocent by rewarding them according to their righteousness.
  • Prov 30:9 : 9 Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the Lord?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 6:21-25
    5 verses
    94%

    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.

    22 If someone sins against their neighbor and is required to take an oath before Your altar in this house,

    23 then hear from heaven and act. Judge Your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing their conduct on their own head, and vindicating the innocent by rewarding them according to their righteousness.

    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,

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:29-30
    2 verses
    77%

    29 '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.'

    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.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:32-35
    4 verses
    76%

    32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge Your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing their conduct down on their own heads and vindicating the innocent by rewarding them according to their righteousness.

    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.

    35 When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, if they pray toward this place, confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You have afflicted them,

  • Lev 5:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 Or if someone makes a rash oath to do something evil or good, whatever they may rashly utter with an oath, and it is hidden from them, but they later realize it, they are guilty in one of these cases.

    5 When someone realizes their guilt in one of these matters, they must confess the sin they have committed.

  • Matt 23:20-22
    3 verses
    75%

    20 Therefore, whoever swears by the altar swears by it and everything on it.

    21 And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

    22 And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

  • Lev 6:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2 Command Aaron and his sons, saying: This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the hearth of the altar all night until morning, and the fire on the altar must be kept burning.

    3 The priest shall put on his linen garment and wear linen undergarments on his body. He shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar.

    4 Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.

    5 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not go out. Every morning the priest shall add wood to it, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fatty portions of the peace offerings on it.

  • Matt 23:18
    75%

    18 And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is obligated.'

  • Exod 21:14
    75%

    14 However, if someone schemes and acts deliberately to kill his neighbor, you shall take him even from my altar to be put to death.

  • Exod 22:8
    74%

    8 In all cases of dishonest dealings, whether involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything lost that someone claims to be theirs, both parties must present their cases before God. The one whom God condemns must pay back double to the other.

  • 1 Kgs 8:38
    73%

    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—

  • Jer 7:5
    73%

    5 For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor,

  • Num 30:2
    73%

    2 Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

  • Josh 22:23
    73%

    23 If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account.

  • Exod 22:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11 But if the animal was stolen from the neighbor, restitution must be made to the owner.

    12 If it was attacked and torn apart by a wild animal, the neighbor must provide evidence of this, but does not need to pay restitution for the torn animal.

  • Lev 5:1
    73%

    1 If someone sins by hearing an oath and is a witness, whether they have seen it or know it, yet they do not report it, they will bear their guilt.

  • Matt 5:23
    72%

    23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

  • 1 Kgs 8:44-46
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

    46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to a land far away or near,

  • Matt 5:33
    72%

    33 Again, you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.'

  • Jer 22:5
    71%

    5 But if you will not listen to these words, I swear by Myself—declares the LORD—that this palace will become a ruin.

  • Zech 5:4
    71%

    4 'I will send it out,' declares the LORD of Hosts, 'and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by my name. It will remain inside their house and consume it completely, including its timber and stones.'

  • Josh 2:20
    71%

    20 But if you reveal this matter of ours, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.

  • Num 5:6
    71%

    6 Speak to the Israelites: If a man or woman commits any sin against another person and is unfaithful to the Lord, that person is guilty.

  • Num 30:10
    71%

    10 A widow or a divorced woman is bound by all her vows and the obligations she places on herself.

  • 2 Chr 6:39
    71%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 20:9
    70%

    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.'

  • Num 5:8
    70%

    8 But if the person has no close relative to whom the restitution can be made, the restitution belongs to the Lord and must be given to the priest, along with the ram of atonement to make atonement for the guilt.

  • Lev 5:19
    70%

    19 It is a guilt offering; they have been guilty before the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 6:34
    70%

    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,

  • Zech 8:17
    70%

    17 Do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love false oaths, for I hate all these things, declares the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 8:42
    70%

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

  • Eccl 8:2
    70%

    2 I advise you to obey the king's command and stay true to your oath made before God.

  • Deut 19:18
    70%

    18 The judges must investigate thoroughly, and if the witness proves to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,

  • 2 Chr 6:29
    70%

    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—

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