1 Kings 8:51

Brenton's Septuagint

for they are thy people and thine inheritance, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For they are your people and your inheritance;you brought them out of Egypt,out of the middle of an iron furnace.

Hebrew Names Version
(for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Mitzrayim, from the midst of the furnace of iron);

King James Version
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

English Standard Version
(for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).

New Century Version
Remember, they are your special people. You brought them out of Egypt, as if you were pulling them out of a blazing furnace.

New English Translation
After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace.

Amplified Bible
(for they are Your people and Your heritage, whom You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace [of slavery and oppression]),

New American Standard Bible
(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),

Geneva Bible (1587)
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt from the middes of the yron fornace.

Legacy Standard Bible
(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),

Contemporary English Version
Remember, they are the people you chose and rescued from Egypt that was like a blazing fire to them.

Complete Jewish Bible
for they are your people, your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of the flames of the iron furnace.

Darby Translation
(for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron)—

Easy-to-Read Version
Remember that they are your people and that you brought them out of Egypt. It was as if you saved them by pulling them out of a hot oven!

George Lamsa Translation
For they are thy people and thine inheritance, whom thou didst bring forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron;

Good News Translation
They are your own people, whom you brought out of Egypt, that blazing furnace.

Lexham English Bible
for they are your people and your inheritance whom you brought from Egypt from the middle of the smelter of iron.

Literal Translation
For they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for they are thy people, and thyne enheritaunce, whom thou broughtest out of Egipte, from the yron fornace:

American Standard Version
(for they are thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);

Bible in Basic English
For they are your people and your heritage, which you took out of Egypt, out of the iron fireplace;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For they be thy people, and thyne inheritaunce, whiche thou broughtest out of Egypt, euen from the middest of the fornace of iron.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
for they are Thy people, and Thine inheritance, which Thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron;

King James Version (1611)
For they bee thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest foorth out of Egypt, from the mids of the furnace of iron:

English Revised Version
For they be thy people, and thine inheritance which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

Berean Standard Bible
For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For it is thi puple, and thin erytage, whiche thou leddist out of the lond of Egipt, fro the myddis of yrone furneis;

Young's Literal Translation
(for Thy people and Thy inheritance [are] they, whom Thou didst bring out of Egypt, out of the midst of the furnace of iron) --

Update Bible Version
(for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);

Webster's Bible Translation
For they [are] thy people, and thy inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:

World English Bible
(for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron);

New King James Version
(for they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out of Egypt, out of the iron furnace),

New Living Translation
for they are your people—your special possession—whom you brought out of the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt.

New Life Bible
For they are Your people and Your children whom You have brought out of Egypt, from the iron fire-place.

New Revised Standard
(for they are your people and heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron-smelter).

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
because, thy people and thine inheritance, they are, - whom thou didst bring forth out of Egypt, out of the midst of the smelting-pot of iron;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they are thy people, and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron.

Revised Standard Version
(for they are thy people, and thy heritage, which thou didst bring out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).

New American Standard Bible (1995)
(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace),

Contextual Overview

²² And Solomon stood up in front of the altar before all the congregation of Israel; and he spread out his hands toward heaven: ²³ and he said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven above and on the earth beneath, keeping covenant and mercy with thy servant who walks before thee with all his heart; ²⁴ which thou hast kept toward thy servant David my father: for thou hast spoken by thy mouth and thou hast fulfilled it with thine hands, as at this day. ²⁵ And now, O Lord God of Israel, keep for thy servant David my father, the promises which thou hast spoken to him, saying, There shall not be taken from thee a man sitting before me on the throne of Israel, provided only thy children shall take heed to their ways, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me. ²⁶ And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word to David my father be confirmed. ²⁷ But will God indeed dwell with men upon the earth? if the heaven and heaven of heavens will not suffice thee, how much less even this house which I have built to thy name? ²⁸ Yet, O Lord God of Israel, thou shalt look upon my petition, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays to thee in thy presence this day, ²⁹ that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place which thou saidst, My name shall be there, to hear the prayer which thy servant prays at this place day and night. ³⁰ And thou shalt hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place; and thou shalt hear in thy dwelling-place in heaven, and thou shalt do and be gracious. ³¹ Whatsoever trespasses any one shall commit against his neighbor,—and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy people: 1 Kings 8:53, Exodus 32:11, Exodus 32:12, Numbers 14:13-19, Deuteronomy 9:26-29, 2 Chronicles 6:39, Nehemiah 1:10, Isaiah 63:16-18, Isaiah 64:9, Jeremiah 51:19

the furnace: Deuteronomy 4:20, Jeremiah 11:4

Reciprocal: Psalms 28:9 - bless Daniel 9:15 - that hast

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For they be thy people, and thine inheritance,.... Whom the Lord had chosen above all people, to be a special people to him, and to be his portion and possession; see Deuteronomy 7:6

which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron; hard and cruel bondage in Egypt: Deuteronomy 7:6- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The furnace of iron - Egypt is so called as a place of severe trial and affliction.