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THE MESSAGE
1 Kings 8:26
O God of Israel, let this all happen; confirm and establish it!
Bible Study Resources
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- CondensedParallel Translations
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.
King James Version (1611)
And now, O God of Israel, let thy worde (I pray thee) bee verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.
And now, O God of Israel, let thy worde (I pray thee) bee verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid 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.
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
22Before the entire congregation of Israel, Solomon took a position before the Altar, spread his hands out before heaven, and prayed, O God , God of Israel, there is no God like you in the skies above or on the earth below who unswervingly keeps covenant with his servants and relentlessly loves them as they sincerely live in obedience to your way. You kept your word to David my father, your personal word. You did exactly what you promised—every detail. The proof is before us today! Keep it up, God , O God of Israel! Continue to keep the promises you made to David my father when you said, "You'll always have a descendant to represent my rule on Israel's throne, on the condition that your sons are as careful to live obediently in my presence as you have." 26 O God of Israel, let this all happen; confirm and establish it! 27Can it be that God will actually move into our neighborhood? Why, the cosmos itself isn't large enough to give you breathing room, let alone this Temple I've built. Even so, I'm bold to ask: Pay attention to these my prayers, both intercessory and personal, O God , my God. Listen to my prayers, energetic and devout, that I'm setting before you right now. Keep your eyes open to this Temple night and day, this place of which you said, "My Name will be honored there," and listen to the prayers that I pray at this place. Listen from your home in heaven and when you hear, forgive. When someone hurts a neighbor and promises to make things right, and then comes and repeats the promise before your Altar in this Temple, listen from heaven and act accordingly: Judge your servants, making the offender pay for his offense and setting the offended free of any charges. 33When your people Israel are beaten by an enemy because they've sinned against you, but then turn to you and acknowledge your rule in prayers desperate and devout in this Temple, Listen from your home in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, return them to the land you gave their ancestors. 35When the skies shrivel up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, but then they pray at this place, acknowledging your rule and quitting their sins because you have scourged them, Listen from your home in heaven, forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Then start over with them: Train them to live right and well; send rain on the land you gave your people as an inheritance. 37When disasters strike, famine or catastrophe, crop failure or disease, locust or beetle, or when an enemy attacks their defenses—calamity of any sort—any prayer that's prayed from anyone at all among your people Israel, hearts penetrated by the disaster, hands and arms thrown out to this Temple for help, Listen from your home in heaven. Forgive and go to work on us. Give what each deserves, for you know each life from the inside (you're the only one with such "inside knowledge"!) so that they'll live before you in lifelong reverent and believing obedience on this land you gave our ancestors. 41And don't forget the foreigner who is not a member of your people Israel but has come from a far country because of your reputation. People are going to be attracted here by your great reputation, your wonder-working power, who come to pray at this Temple. Listen from your home in heaven. Honor the prayers of the foreigner so that people all over the world will know who you are and what you're like and will live in reverent obedience before you, just as your own people Israel do; so they'll know that you personally make this Temple that I've built what it is. 44When your people go to war against their enemies at the time and place you send them and they pray to God toward the city you chose and this Temple I've built to honor your Name, Listen from heaven to what they pray and ask for, and do what's right for them. When they sin against you—and they certainly will; there's no one without sin!—and in anger you turn them over to the enemy and they are taken captive to the enemy's land, whether far or near, but repent in the country of their captivity and pray with changed hearts in their exile, "We've sinned; we've done wrong; we've been most wicked," and turn back to you heart and soul in the land of the enemy who conquered them, and pray to you toward their homeland, the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you chose, and this Temple I have built to the honor of your Name, Listen from your home in heaven to their prayers desperate and devout and do what is best for them. Forgive your people who have sinned against you; forgive their gross rebellions and move their captors to treat them with compassion. They are, after all, your people and your precious inheritance whom you rescued from the heart of that iron-smelting furnace, Egypt! 52O be alert and attentive to the needy prayers of me, your servant, and your dear people Israel; listen every time they cry out to you! You handpicked them from all the peoples on earth to be your very own people, as you announced through your servant Moses when you, O God , in your masterful rule, delivered our ancestors from Egypt.
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.
