1 Kings 8:38

Wycliffe Bible

and wichyng of yuel, that bifallith to ech man of thi puple Israel, if ony man knowith the wounde of his herte, and holdith forth hise hondis in this hows,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
every prayer or petitionthat any person or that all your people Israel may have—they each know their own affliction—as they spread out their hands toward this temple,

Hebrew Names Version
whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, [or] by all your people Yisra'el, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

King James Version
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

English Standard Version
whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house,

New Century Version
When any of these things happen, the people will become truly sorry. If your people spread their hands in prayer toward this Temple,

New English Translation
When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,

Amplified Bible
whatever prayer or pleading is made by any individual, or by Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands out toward this house;

New American Standard Bible
whatever prayer or plea is offered by any person or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then what prayer, and supplication so euer shalbe made of any man or of all thy people Israel, when euery one shall knowe the plague in his owne heart, and stretch foorth his handes in this house,

Legacy Standard Bible
whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each of whom knows the affliction of his own heart, and spreads his hands toward this house;

Contemporary English Version
Listen when anyone in Israel truly feels sorry and sincerely prays with arms lifted toward your temple.

Complete Jewish Bible
then, regardless of what prayer or plea anyone among all your people Isra'el makes — for each individual will know what is plagueing his own conscience — and the person spreads out his hands toward this house;

Darby Translation
what prayer, what supplication soever be made by any man, of all thy people Israel, when they shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house;

Easy-to-Read Version
When any of these things happen, and people feel compelled in their hearts to spread their hands in prayer toward this Temple,

George Lamsa Translation
Whatsoever prayer and whatsoever supplication be made by any man or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the trouble of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands before thee in this house;

Good News Translation
listen to their prayers. If any of your people Israel, out of heartfelt sorrow, stretch out their hands in prayer toward this Temple,

Lexham English Bible
any prayer or any plea which is offered by any person for all of your people Israel, who each knows the infestation of his own heart and spreads out his palms to this house,

Literal Translation
any prayer, any supplication that shall come from any man of all of Your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and shall spread his hands toward this house,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
who so euer then maketh his prayer and peticion, whether it be eny other men or thy people of Israel (which the are aware of their plage) euery one in his hert, and spredeth out his handes vnto this house:

American Standard Version
what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

Bible in Basic English
Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever his trouble may be, whose hands are stretched out to this house:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then what prayers and supplication soeuer be made of any man, of all thy people Israel, which shall knowledge euery man the plague of his owne heart, and stretch foorth his handes toward this house:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man of all Thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house;

King James Version (1611)
What prayer and supplication soeuer be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know euery man the plague of his owne heart, and spread forth his handes towards this house:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
every prayer, every supplication whatever shall be made by any man, as they shall know each the plague of his heart, and shall spread abroad his hands to this house,

English Revised Version
what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

Berean Standard Bible
may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make-each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this house-

Young's Literal Translation
any prayer, any supplication that [is] of any man of all Thy people Israel, who know each the plague of his own heart, and hath spread his hands towards this house,

Update Bible Version
whatever prayer and supplication is made by all of man, by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

Webster's Bible Translation
Whatever prayer and supplication shall be [made] by any man, [or] by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands towards this house:

World English Bible
whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, [or] by all your people Israel, who shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

New King James Version
whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows the plague of his own heart, and spreads out his hands toward this temple:

New Living Translation
and if your people Israel pray about their troubles, raising their hands toward this Temple,

New Life Bible
whatever prayer is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the trouble of his own heart and spreading his hands toward this house,

New Revised Standard
whatever prayer, whatever plea there is from any individual or from all your people Israel, all knowing the afflictions of their own hearts so that they stretch out their hands toward this house;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
any prayer, any supplication which, any son of earth, may have, of all thy people Israel, - who will certainly know every man the plague of his own heart, and so he shall spread abroad his hands towards this house,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen to any man of thy people Israel: when a man shall know the wound of his own heart, and shall spread forth his hands in this house;

Revised Standard Version
whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by any man or by all thy people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart and stretching out his hands toward this house;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house;

Contextual Overview

²² Forsothe Salomon stood bifoor the auter of the Lord, in the siyt of the chirch of Israel; and he helde forth hise hondis ayens heuene, ²³ and seide, Lord God of Israel, no God in heuene aboue, nether on erthe bynethe, is lijk thee, which kepist couenaunt and mercy to thi seruauntis, that goon bifor thee in al her herte; ²⁴ and thou kepist to Dauid, my fadir, thi seruaunt, tho thingis whiche thou hast spoke to him; bi mouth thou hast spoke, and bi hondis thou hast fillid, as this day preueth. ²⁵ Now therfor, Lord God of Israel, kepe thou to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fadir, tho thingis whiche thou spakist to hym, and seidist, A man of thee schal not be taken awei bifor me, which man schal sitte on the trone of Israel, so netheles if thi sones kepen thi weye, that thei go bifor me, as thou yedist in my siyt. ²⁶ And now, Lord God of Israel, thi wordis be maad stidfast, whiche thou spakist to thi seruaunt Dauid, my fadir. ²⁷ Therfor whether it is to gesse, that God dwellith verily on erthe; for if heuene, and heuene of heuenes moun not take thee, how myche more this hows, which Y bildid to thee, `mai not take thee. <sup>28</sup> But, my Lord God, biholde thou to the preiere of thi seruaunt, and to the bisechyngis of hym; here thou the `ympne, ether preysing, and preiere, which thi seruaunt preieth bifor thee to day; ²⁹ that thin iyen be openyd on this hows bi niyt and dai, on the hows, of which thou seidist, My name schal be there; that thou here the preier, which thi seruaunt preieth to thee in this place; that thou here the bisechyng of thi seruaunt, ³⁰ and of thi puple Israel, what euer thing he preieth in this place, and here thou in the place of thi dwellyng in heuene; and whanne thou hast herd, thou schalt be mercyful. ³¹ If a man synneth ayens a man, and hath ony ooth, bi which he is holdun boundun, and cometh for the ooth in to thin hows, bifor thin auter, thou schalt here in heuene,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

prayer: 2 Chronicles 20:5-13, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15, Isaiah 37:4, Isaiah 37:15-21, Joel 2:17, Amos 7:1-6

the plague: 2 Chronicles 6:29, Job 7:11, Psalms 32:3, Psalms 32:4, Psalms 42:6, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 73:21, Psalms 73:22, Psalms 142:3-5, Proverbs 14:10, Romans 7:24, Philippians 4:6

spread forth: 1 Kings 8:22, Isaiah 1:15

Reciprocal: Exodus 9:14 - send all Exodus 9:29 - spread Leviticus 13:6 - wash Leviticus 13:12 - cover all Leviticus 13:29 - General 2 Chronicles 6:28 - whatsoever Ezra 9:5 - spread Job 9:15 - I would Psalms 5:7 - I worship Psalms 28:2 - thy holy oracle Isaiah 37:14 - and Hezekiah went Jeremiah 8:4 - turn Lamentations 1:17 - spreadeth Daniel 6:10 - his windows Jonah 2:4 - toward

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What prayer and supplication soever,.... On account of any of the above things, or any other:

be [made] by any man, or by all the people Israel; by a private man, for such an one might go to the temple and pray by himself; see

Luke 18:10 or by the public congregation:

which shall know every man the plague of his own heart; be sensible of his sin as the cause of his distress, and own it, though ever so privately committed, which none knows but God and his own heart; and which may be only an heart sin, not actually committed; as all sin is originally in the heart, and springs from it, that is the source of all wickedness; it may respect the corruption of nature, indwelling sin, which truly deserves this name, and which every good man is led to observe, confess, and bewail, Psalms 51:4. In 2 Chronicles 6:29 it is,

shall know his own sore and his own grief; what particularly affects him, and gives him pain and sorrow, as every man best knows his own affliction and trouble, and so can best represent his own case to the Lord:

and spread forth his hands towards this house; pray with his face towards it, and his hands spread out, a prayer gesture, and what was now used by Solomon, 1 Kings 8:22.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Know every man the plague of his own heart - i. e. perceive one’s sinfulness, or recognize one’s sufferings as divine chastisements, and sin as their cause.