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Saturday, May 24th, 2025
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the Fifth Week after Easter
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King James Version (1611 Edition)
1 Kings 8:26
And now, O God of Israel, let thy worde (I pray thee) bee verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Now Lord God of Israel,please confirm what you promisedto your servant, my father David.
Now Lord God of Israel,please confirm what you promisedto your servant, my father David.
Hebrew Names Version
Now therefore, God of Yisra'el, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
Now therefore, God of Yisra'el, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
King James Version
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
English Standard Version
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father.
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you have spoken to your servant David my father.
New Century Version
Now, God of Israel, please continue to keep that promise you made to your servant David, my father.
Now, God of Israel, please continue to keep that promise you made to your servant David, my father.
New English Translation
Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.
Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.
Amplified Bible
"Now, O God of Israel, please let Your word which You have spoken to Your servant David my father be confirmed.
"Now, O God of Israel, please let Your word which You have spoken to Your servant David my father be confirmed.
New American Standard Bible
"Now then, God of Israel, let Your words, please, be confirmed, which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
"Now then, God of Israel, let Your words, please, be confirmed, which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And nowe, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.
And nowe, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.
Legacy Standard Bible
So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly endure which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly endure which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
Contemporary English Version
Please keep this promise you made to your servant David.
Please keep this promise you made to your servant David.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now therefore, God of Isra'el, please let your word, which you spoke to your servant David, my father, be confirmed.
Now therefore, God of Isra'el, please let your word, which you spoke to your servant David, my father, be confirmed.
Darby Translation
And now, O God of Israel, let thy words, I pray thee, be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David my father.
And now, O God of Israel, let thy words, I pray thee, be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David my father.
Easy-to-Read Version
Again, God of Israel, I ask you to keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David.
Again, God of Israel, I ask you to keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David.
George Lamsa Translation
And now, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be confirmed, which thou hast sworn to thy servant David my father.
And now, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be confirmed, which thou hast sworn to thy servant David my father.
Good News Translation
So now, O God of Israel, let everything come true that you promised to my father David, your servant.
So now, O God of Israel, let everything come true that you promised to my father David, your servant.
Lexham English Bible
So then, O God of Israel, please let your word be confirmed which you have promised to your servant David my father.
So then, O God of Israel, please let your word be confirmed which you have promised to your servant David my father.
Literal Translation
And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I beseech You, Your Word which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I beseech You, Your Word which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now thou God of Israel, let yi worde be verified, which thou hast promysed vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt.
Now thou God of Israel, let yi worde be verified, which thou hast promysed vnto my father Dauid thy seruaunt.
American Standard Version
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
Bible in Basic English
So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.
So now, O God of Israel, it is my prayer that you will make your word come true which you said to your servant David, my father.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And now O God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father.
And now O God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou spakest vnto thy seruaunt Dauid my father.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Thy word, I pray Thee, be verified, which Thou didst speak unto Thy servant David my father.
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Thy word, I pray Thee, be verified, which Thou didst speak unto Thy servant David my father.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word to David my father be confirmed.
And now, O Lord God of Israel, let, I pray thee, thy word to David my father be confirmed.
English Revised Version
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
Berean Standard Bible
And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And now, Lord God of Israel, thi wordis be maad stidfast, whiche thou spakist to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fadir.
And now, Lord God of Israel, thi wordis be maad stidfast, whiche thou spakist to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fadir.
Young's Literal Translation
`And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, David my father.
`And now, O God of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, David my father.
Update Bible Version
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your slave David my father.
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your slave David my father.
Webster's Bible Translation
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou didst speak to thy servant David my father.
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou didst speak to thy servant David my father.
World English Bible
Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
Now therefore, God of Israel, Please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.
New King James Version
And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father.
And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father.
New Living Translation
Now, O God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David, my father.
Now, O God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David, my father.
New Life Bible
O God of Israel, let Your Word be made sure, which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
O God of Israel, let Your Word be made sure, which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
New Revised Standard
Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant my father David.
Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed, which you promised to your servant my father David.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, therefore, O God of Israel, - verified be thy word, I pray thee, which thou didst speak to thy servant, David my father.
Now, therefore, O God of Israel, - verified be thy word, I pray thee, which thou didst speak to thy servant, David my father.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David, my father.
And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David, my father.
Revised Standard Version
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David my father.
Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word be confirmed, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David my father.
THE MESSAGE
O God of Israel, let this all happen; confirm and establish it!
O God of Israel, let this all happen; confirm and establish it!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
"Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David.
Contextual Overview
22 And Solomon stood before the Altar of the Lord, in the presence of all the Congregation of Israel, and spread foorth his handes toward heauen: 23 And hee said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heauen aboue, or on earth beneath, who keepest couenant and mercy with thy seruants, that walke before thee with all their heart: 24 Who hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 25 Therefore now Lord God of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou promisedst him, saying; There shall not faile thee a man in my sight to sit on the Throne of Israel; so that thy children take heede to their way, that they walke before me as thou hast walked before me: 26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy worde (I pray thee) bee verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father. 27 But will God indeede dwell on the earth? Behold, the heauen, and heauen of heauens cannot conteine thee: how much lesse this House that I haue builded? 28 Yet haue thou respect vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken vnto the crie and to the prayer, which thy seruant prayeth before thee to day: 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen toward the place of which thou hast said, My Name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant shall make towards this place. 30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy seruant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray towards this place: and heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and when thou hearest, forgiue. 31 If any man trespasse against his neighbour, and an oath be laid vpon him to cause him to sweare, and the oath come before thine Altar in this house:
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
And now: 1 Kings 8:23, Exodus 24:10, 1 Samuel 1:17, Psalms 41:13, Isaiah 41:17, Isaiah 45:3
let thy word: 2 Samuel 7:25-29, 2 Chronicles 1:9, Psalms 119:49, Jeremiah 11:5, Ezekiel 36:36, Ezekiel 36:37
Reciprocal: Judges 9:46 - an hold Matthew 6:7 - repetitions
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified,.... Truly made good, and punctually performed:
which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father; the same request in other words, repeated to show his ardent and vehement desire to have it fulfilled.
