1 Kings 8:52

KJV1611 – Modern English

That your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all that they call for to you.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    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.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    that thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605} unto the supplication{H8467} of thy servant,{H5650} and unto the supplication{H8467} of thy people{H5971} Israel,{H3478} to hearken{H8085} unto them whensoever they cry{H7121} unto thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    That thine eyes{H5869} may be open{H6605}{(H8803)} unto the supplication{H8467} of thy servant{H5650}, and unto the supplication{H8467} of thy people{H5971} Israel{H3478}, to hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto them in all that they call{H7121}{(H8800)} for unto thee.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    that thine eyes maye be open vnto the peticion of thy seruaunt, and of thy people of Israel, that thou maiest heare them in all thinges for the which they shall call vpon the

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Let thine eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them, in all that they call for vnto thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And let thyne eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruaunt, and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them in all that they call for vnto thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for Thine eyes being open unto the supplication of Thy servant, and unto the supplication of Thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all they call unto Thee for;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Let your eyes be open to your servant's prayer for grace and to the prayer of your people Israel, hearing them when their cry comes to you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they cry to you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 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.
  • 2 Chr 6:40 : 40 Now, my God, I beseech you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
  • Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 8:28-30
    3 verses
    82%

    28 Yet have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you today:

    29 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.

    30 And listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear in heaven your dwelling place: and when you hear, forgive.

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    81%

    53 For you separated them from among all the people of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

  • 1 Kgs 8:58-59
    2 verses
    80%

    58 That he may incline our hearts to himself, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

    59 And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to 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:

  • 1 Kgs 8:48-51
    4 verses
    80%

    48 And so return to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:

    49 Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

    50 And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

    51 For they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace:

  • 2 Chr 6:19-21
    3 verses
    80%

    19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which your servant prays before you:

    20 That your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.

    21 Listen therefore to the supplications of your servant, and of your people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven, and when you hear, forgive.

  • 2 Chr 6:39-40
    2 verses
    79%

    39 Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

    40 Now, my God, I beseech you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

  • Neh 1:6
    79%

    6 Let Your ear now be attentive, and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant, which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against You: both I and my father's house have sinned.

  • 1 Kgs 8:33-34
    2 verses
    77%

    33 When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray, and make supplication to you in this house:

    34 Then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again into the land which you gave to their fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 8:38
    76%

    38 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:

  • 1 Chr 17:21-22
    2 verses
    76%

    21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?

    22 For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.

  • 2 Chr 7:15
    75%

    15 Now My eyes shall be open, and My ears attentive to the prayer made in this place.

  • 1 Kgs 8:40-45
    6 verses
    75%

    40 That they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

    41 Moreover concerning a stranger, who is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name's sake;

    42 (For they shall hear of your great name, and of your strong hand, and of your outstretched arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;

    43 Hear in heaven your dwelling place, and act according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.

    44 If your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever you shall send them, and shall pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name:

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:36
    75%

    36 Then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, that you teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

  • Neh 1:10
    74%

    10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.

  • 2 Chr 6:24-25
    2 verses
    74%

    24 And if your people Israel be defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall return and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;

    25 Then hear from the heavens, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26
    74%

    26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

  • 1 Chr 29:18
    74%

    18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of Your people, and prepare their heart towards You:

  • 2 Chr 6:29
    74%

    29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, when everyone knows his own plague and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

  • Ps 123:1
    73%

    1 To you I lift up my eyes, O you who dwell in the heavens.

  • Ps 119:18
    73%

    18 Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law.

  • Dan 9:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

    18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.

  • 1 Kgs 3:8
    73%

    8 And your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered or counted for multitude.

  • 2 Chr 6:27
    73%

    27 Then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you have taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

  • Deut 9:27
    73%

    27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin:

  • 2 Chr 6:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31 That they may fear you, to walk in your ways, as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

    32 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, but has come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

  • 1 Chr 17:19
    73%

    19 O LORD, for your servant's sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.

  • Jer 42:9
    73%

    9 And said to them, Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him;

  • 2 Chr 6:34-35
    2 verses
    72%

    34 If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

    35 Then hear from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

  • Deut 26:15
    72%

    15 Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Ps 106:5
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    5 That I may see the good of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.