1 Kings 8:55

and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice: He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Yisra'el with a loud voice, saying, And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, Then, in a loud voice, he stood and blessed all the people of Israel, saying: When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice: And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: And stoode and blessed all the Congregation of Israel with a loud voyce, saying, And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: turned toward the people, blessed them, and said loudly: stood up, and raised his voice to bless the whole community of Isra'el. He said, and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, Then, in a loud voice, he asked God to bless all the people of Israel. Solomon said, And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, In a loud voice he asked God's blessings on all the people assembled there. He said, He stood and blessed all of the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, and he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, and stode and blessed all the congregacion of Israel with loude voyce, and sayde: And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice, And stoode & blessed all the congregatio of Israel, with a loude voyce, saying: And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying: And he stood, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel, with a lowd voice, saying; And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: Therfor he stood, and blesside al the chirche of Israel, and seide with greet vois, and he standeth and blesseth all the assembly of Israel [with] a loud voice, saying, And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, Then he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: He stood and in a loud voice blessed the entire congregation of Israel: He stood and prayed with a loud voice that good would come to all the people of Israel who were gathered together. He said, he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice: and stood and blessed all the convocation of Israel, - with a loud voice, saying: And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: and he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, and he stands and blesses all the assembly of Israel [with] a loud voice, saying, And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice:

Hebrew Names Version
He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Yisra'el with a loud voice, saying,

King James Version
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

English Standard Version
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

New Century Version
Then, in a loud voice, he stood and blessed all the people of Israel, saying:

New English Translation
When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

Amplified Bible
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

New American Standard Bible
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And stoode and blessed all the Congregation of Israel with a loud voyce, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Contemporary English Version
turned toward the people, blessed them, and said loudly:

Complete Jewish Bible
stood up, and raised his voice to bless the whole community of Isra'el. He said,

Darby Translation
and he stood and blessed the whole congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then, in a loud voice, he asked God to bless all the people of Israel. Solomon said,

George Lamsa Translation
And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Good News Translation
In a loud voice he asked God's blessings on all the people assembled there. He said,

Lexham English Bible
He stood and blessed all of the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Literal Translation
and he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and stode and blessed all the congregacion of Israel with loude voyce, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And stoode & blessed all the congregatio of Israel, with a loude voyce, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And he stood, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel, with a lowd voice, saying;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

English Revised Version
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor he stood, and blesside al the chirche of Israel, and seide with greet vois,

Young's Literal Translation
and he standeth and blesseth all the assembly of Israel [with] a loud voice, saying,

Update Bible Version
And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

World English Bible
He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

New King James Version
Then he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

New Living Translation
He stood and in a loud voice blessed the entire congregation of Israel:

New Life Bible
He stood and prayed with a loud voice that good would come to all the people of Israel who were gathered together. He said,

New Revised Standard
he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and stood and blessed all the convocation of Israel, - with a loud voice, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Revised Standard Version
and he stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:

Contextual Overview

⁵⁴When Solomon finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the Lord, he got up from kneeling before the altar of the Lord, with his hands spread out toward heaven, ⁵⁴ It was so, that when Shlomo had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven. ⁵⁴ And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord , he arose from before the altar of the Lord , from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. ⁵⁴ Now as Solomon finished offering all this prayer and plea to the Lord , he arose from before the altar of the Lord , where he had knelt with hands outstretched toward heaven. ⁵⁴ Solomon prayed this prayer to the Lord , kneeling in front of the altar with his arms raised toward heaven. When he finished praying, he got up. ⁵⁴ When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord , he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. ⁵⁴When Solomon finished offering this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the LORD'S altar, where he had knelt down with his hands stretched toward heaven. ⁵⁴ When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and plea to the LORD, he stood up from the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. ⁵⁴ And when Salomon had made an ende of praying all this prayer and supplication vnto the Lorde, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees, and stretching of his handes to heauen, ⁵⁴Now it happened that when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven.

Bible Verse Review
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blessed: 1 Kings 8:14, Numbers 6:23-26, 2 Samuel 6:18, 1 Chronicles 16:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 9:22 - his hand 2 Chronicles 6:3 - blessed 2 Chronicles 31:8 - and his people Isaiah 9:16 - led of them Luke 19:37 - the whole Hebrews 7:7 - the less

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he stood and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice,.... Turning himself the altar, and his face to the people, giving them his benediction, not only as the father of his people, but as preacher in Jerusalem, closing it with a word of exhortation to them:

saying: as follows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 55. He stood, and blessed all the congregation — This blessing is contained in 1 Kings 8:57-58.