1 Kings 8:55

Bible in Basic English

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

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,

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

⁵⁴ Then Solomon, after making all these prayers and requests for grace to the Lord, got up from his knees before the altar of the Lord, where his hands had been stretched out in prayer to heaven; ⁵⁵ And, getting on his feet, he gave a blessing to all the men of Israel, saying with a loud voice, ⁵⁶ Praise be to the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, as he gave them his word to do; every word of all his oath, which he gave by the hand of Moses his servant, has come true. ⁵⁷ Now may the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; let him never go away from us or give us up; ⁵⁸ Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers. ⁵⁹ And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need. ⁶⁰ So that all the peoples of the earth may see that the Lord is God, and there is no other. ⁶¹ Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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.