Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, July 30th, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Legacy Standard Bible
1 Kings 8:45
then listen in heaven to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice.
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Christian Standard Bible®
may you hear their prayer and petition in heavenand uphold their cause.
may you hear their prayer and petition in heavenand uphold their cause.
Hebrew Names Version
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
King James Version
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
English Standard Version
then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.
New Century Version
Then hear in heaven their prayers, and do what is right.
Then hear in heaven their prayers, and do what is right.
New English Translation
then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.
then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.
Amplified Bible
then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their right and defend their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their right and defend their cause.
New American Standard Bible
then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their pleading, and maintain their cause.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare thou then in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and iudge their cause.
Heare thou then in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and iudge their cause.
Contemporary English Version
Answer their prayers from heaven and give them victory.
Answer their prayers from heaven and give them victory.
Complete Jewish Bible
then, in heaven, hear their prayer and plea, and uphold their cause.
then, in heaven, hear their prayer and plea, and uphold their cause.
Darby Translation
then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
then hear thou in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
Easy-to-Read Version
Please listen to their prayers from your home in heaven, and help them.
Please listen to their prayers from your home in heaven, and help them.
George Lamsa Translation
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Good News Translation
listen to their prayers. Hear them in heaven and give them victory.
listen to their prayers. Hear them in heaven and give them victory.
Lexham English Bible
then you shall hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and you shall vindicate them.
then you shall hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and you shall vindicate them.
Literal Translation
then hear their prayer and their supplication in Heaven, and perform their cause.
then hear their prayer and their supplication in Heaven, and perform their cause.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
heare thou then their prayer and peticion in heauen, and execute iudgment for them.
heare thou then their prayer and peticion in heauen, and execute iudgment for them.
American Standard Version
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.
Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Heare thou in heauen their prayer and supplication, and iudge their cause.
Heare thou in heauen their prayer and supplication, and iudge their cause.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
then hear Thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear Thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
King James Version (1611)
Then heare thou in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and mainteine their cause.
Then heare thou in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and mainteine their cause.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
then shalt thou hear from heaven their supplication and their prayer, and shalt execute judgment for them.
then shalt thou hear from heaven their supplication and their prayer, and shalt execute judgment for them.
English Revised Version
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Berean Standard Bible
may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou schalt here in heuene the preyeris of hem, and the bisechyngis of hem, and thou schalt make the doom of hem.
and thou schalt here in heuene the preyeris of hem, and the bisechyngis of hem, and thou schalt make the doom of hem.
Young's Literal Translation
then Thou hast heard in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.
then Thou hast heard in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.
Update Bible Version
then you shall hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then you shall hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
World English Bible
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
New King James Version
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
New Living Translation
then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.
then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.
New Life Bible
then hear their prayer and their cry in heaven. See that the right thing is done to them.
then hear their prayer and their cry in heaven. See that the right thing is done to them.
New Revised Standard
then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then wilt thou hear, in the heavens, their prayer and their supplication, - and maintain their cause?
then wilt thou hear, in the heavens, their prayer and their supplication, - and maintain their cause?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And then hear thou in heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them.
And then hear thou in heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them.
Revised Standard Version
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Contextual Overview
22Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. 23And he said, "O Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven above or upon earth beneath, keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart, 24who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand as it is this day. 25So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk as you have walked before Me.' 26So now, O God of Israel, let Your word truly endure which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David. 27"But will God truly dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! 28Yet have regard to the prayer of Your slave and to his supplication, O Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your slave prays before You today; 29that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, ‘My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your slave shall pray toward this place. 30And listen to the supplication of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen in heaven Your dwelling place; listen and forgive. 31"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
cause: or, right, Genesis 18:25, Psalms 9:4, Jeremiah 5:28
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:6 - wash 2 Samuel 15:32 - he worshipped 1 Kings 8:49 - cause 1 Chronicles 5:20 - for they cried 2 Chronicles 6:34 - thy people Psalms 20:2 - from Psalms 140:12 - the Lord
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication,.... For success:
and maintain their cause; do them justice, and avenge their injuries, as the Targum; let it appear that their cause is right, by giving them victory.
