1 Kings 8:38

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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—

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    what prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} soever be made by any man,{H120} [or] by all thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} who shall know{H3045} every man{H376} the plague{H5061} of his own heart,{H3824} and spread forth{H6566} his hands{H3709} toward this house:{H1004}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    What prayer{H8605} and supplication{H8467} soever be made by any man{H120}, or by all thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, which shall know{H3045}{(H8799)} every man{H376} the plague{H5061} of his own heart{H3824}, and spread forth{H6566}{(H8804)} his hands{H3709} toward this house{H1004}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    who so euer then maketh his prayer and peticion, whether it be eny other men or thy people of Israel (which the are aware of their plage) euery one in his hert, and spredeth out his handes vnto this house:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then what prayer, and supplication so euer shalbe made of any man or of all thy people Israel, when euery one shall knowe the plague in his owne heart, and stretch foorth his handes in this house,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then what prayers and supplication soeuer be made of any man, of all thy people Israel, which shall knowledge euery man the plague of his owne heart, and stretch foorth his handes toward this house:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    What prayer and supplication soever be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, [or] by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    any prayer, any supplication that `is' of any man of all Thy people Israel, who know each the plague of his own heart, and hath spread his hands towards this house,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, `or' by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:22 : 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.
  • 2 Chr 6:29 : 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—
  • 2 Chr 20:5-9 : 5 Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD before the new courtyard. 6 He said: 'LORD, the God of our ancestors, are you not the God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, and no one can withstand you.' 7 'Our God, did you not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham, your friend?' 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.' 10 'But now, here are the men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whose land you would not let Israel invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.' 11 'See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession you gave us as an inheritance.' 12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no power to face this vast army coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you. 13 All the men of Judah, with their wives, children, and little ones, stood there before the LORD.
  • Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Ps 32:3-4 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the heat of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 42:6 : 6 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
  • Ps 42:9 : 9 By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 With crushing pain in my bones, my enemies taunt me, saying to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
  • Ps 73:21-22 : 21 When my heart was embittered and my spirit was pierced within me, 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
  • Ps 142:3-5 : 3 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my troubles to Him. 4 When my spirit grows faint within me, You know my path. In the way where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me. 5 Look to the right and see—no one recognizes me; there is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger can share its joy.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you. Even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 37:4 : 4 Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that still survives.
  • Isa 37:15-21 : 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying: 16 "O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. 17 Incline Your ear, LORD, and hear! Open Your eyes, LORD, and see! Listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who has sent them to mock the living God. 18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands. 19 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but the work of human hands—wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. 20 Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You, LORD, alone are God. 21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
  • Joel 2:17 : 17 Let the priests, who minister before the LORD, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, 'Spare your people, LORD. Do not make your heritage an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, “Where is their God?”'
  • Amos 7:1-6 : 1 This is what the Lord God showed me: He was forming a swarm of locusts at the beginning of the late crop, after the royal harvest. 2 When they had finished eating the vegetation of the land, I said, 'Lord God, please forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!' 3 So the Lord relented concerning this: 'It will not happen,' said the Lord. 4 This is what the Lord God showed me: The Lord was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. 5 Then I said, 'Lord God, please stop! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!' 6 So the Lord relented concerning this: 'This will not happen either,' said the Lord God.
  • Rom 7:24 : 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?
  • Phil 4:6 : 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 6:24-30
    7 verses
    91%

    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.

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

    27 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live and send rain on the land You have given to Your people as an inheritance.

    28 When famine or plague comes to the land, blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or if an enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,

    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—

    30 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. Forgive and deal with everyone according to what they do, since You know their hearts (for You alone know the human heart).

  • 1 Kgs 8:33-37
    5 verses
    81%

    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,

    36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land You gave Your people as an inheritance.

    37 When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight, mildew, locusts, or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, or whatever disaster or disease may come,

  • 1 Kgs 8:28-31
    4 verses
    80%

    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.'

    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.'

    31 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,

  • 1 Kgs 8:39-40
    2 verses
    80%

    39 then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. Forgive and act, and give to each one according to all they do, since You know their hearts (for You alone know every human heart),

    40 so that they may fear You all the days they live in the land You gave to our ancestors.

  • 1 Kgs 8:42-45
    4 verses
    79%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:37-40
    4 verses
    78%

    37 and they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, and we have acted wickedly.'

    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.

  • 2 Chr 6:19-21
    3 verses
    77%

    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 8:47-50
    4 verses
    77%

    47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly';

    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.

    50 Forgive Your people who have sinned against You; forgive all the offenses they have committed against You, and cause their captors to show them mercy,

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
    76%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 20:9
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    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 6:32-35
    4 verses
    76%

    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 Chr 7:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

    13 When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,

    14 if My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    74%

    22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

  • Neh 1:6
    73%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:59
    73%

    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.

  • Isa 38:2
    72%

    2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 8:54
    72%

    54 When Solomon finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread toward heaven.

  • 2 Chr 6:12
    72%

    12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26
    71%

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

  • Isa 37:15
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    15 And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying: