1 Kings 8:45

Douay-Rheims Bible

And then hear thou in heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
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.

King James Version
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.

New Century Version
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.

Amplified Bible
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.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Heare thou then in heauen their prayer & their supplication, and iudge their cause.

Legacy Standard Bible
then listen in heaven to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice.

Contemporary English Version
Answer their prayers from heaven and give them victory.

Complete Jewish Bible
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.

Easy-to-Read Version
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.

Good News Translation
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.

Literal Translation
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.

King James Version (1611)
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.

English Revised Version
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.

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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New King James Version
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.

New Life Bible
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.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then wilt thou hear, in the heavens, their prayer and their supplication, - and maintain their cause?

Revised Standard Version
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.

Contextual Overview

²² And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven, ²³ And said: Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on the earth beneath: who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that have walked before thee with all their heart: ²⁴ Who hast kept with thy servant David, my father, what thou hast promised him: with thy mouth thou didst speak, and with thy hands thou hast performed, as this day proveth. ²⁵ Now, therefore, O Lord God of Israel, keep with thy servant David, my father, what thou hast spoken to him, saying: There shall not be taken away of thee a man in my sight, to sit on the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked in my sight. ²⁶ And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David, my father. ²⁷ Is it then to be thought that God should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the heavens of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built? ²⁸ But have regard to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, O Lord, my God: hear the hymn and the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee this day: ²⁹ That thy eyes may be open upon this house, night and day: upon the house of which thou hast said: My name shall be there: that thou mayst hearken to the prayer which thy servant prayeth, in this place to thee: ³⁰ That thou mayst hearken to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, whatsoever they shall pray for in this place, and hear them in the place of thy dwelling in heaven; and when thou hearest, shew them mercy. ³¹ If any man trespass against his neighbour, and have an oath upon him, wherewith he is bound, and come, because of the oath, before thy altar, to thy 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.