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Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 8:24

who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him; yea, Thou speakest with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled [it], as [at] this day.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Prayer;   Sin;   Thompson Chain Reference - Ask;   Christ;   Church;   Dedication;   Family;   Importunity;   Prayer;   Secret Prayer;   Solomon;   United Prayer;   Unwise Prayers;   Wicked, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Hand, Right Hand;   Jesus Christ, Name and Titles of;   Psalms, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kings, 1 and 2;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Prayer;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Fulfilment;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh's Daughter,;   Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   Jesus of Nazareth;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fulfil;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You have kept what you promisedto your servant, my father David.You spoke directly to himand you fulfilled your promise by your poweras it is today.
Hebrew Names Version
who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
King James Version
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
English Standard Version
you have kept with your servant David my father what you declared to him. You spoke with your mouth, and with your hand have fulfilled it this day.
New Century Version
You have kept the promise you made to your servant David, my father. You spoke it with your own mouth and finished it with your hands today.
New English Translation
You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.
Amplified Bible
You who have kept what You promised to Your servant my father David. You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled Your word with Your hand, as it is this day.
New American Standard Bible
You who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You promised him; You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thine hande, as appeareth this day.
Legacy Standard Bible
who 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.
Contemporary English Version
My father David was your servant, and today you have kept every promise you made to him.
Complete Jewish Bible
You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father; you spoke with your mouth and fulfilled it with your hand; so it is today.
Darby Translation
who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him; thou spokest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hand, as at this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
You made a promise to your servant, my father David, and you kept that promise. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you made it come true today.
George Lamsa Translation
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father what thou didst promise him; thou didst speak with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.
Good News Translation
You have kept the promise you made to my father David; today every word has been fulfilled.
Lexham English Bible
You have kept for your servant David my father what you promised to him, and you have spoken with your mouth, and with your hand you have fulfilled it this very day.
Literal Translation
who have kept for Your servant David, my father, that which You spoke to him; yea, You spoke with Your mouth, and with Your hand have fulfilled it as it is this day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
thou that hast kepte promes with my father Dauid thy seruaunt: With thy mouth thou saydest it, and with thy hande hast thou fulfylled it, as it is come to passe this daye.
American Standard Version
who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.
Bible in Basic English
And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou that hast kept with thy seruaut Dauid my father that thou promisedst him: Thou spakest also with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thyne hand, as it is come to passe this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
who hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst promise him; yea, Thou spokest with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thy hand, as it is this day.
King James Version (1611)
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
which thou hast kept toward thy servant David my father: for thou hast spoken by thy mouth and thou hast fulfilled it with thine hands, as at this day.
English Revised Version
who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
Berean Standard Bible
You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.
Update Bible Version
who kept with your slave David my father that which you promised him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: thou didst speak also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled [it] with thy hand, as [it is] this day.
World English Bible
who have kept with your servant David my father that which you did promise him: yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.
New King James Version
You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father; You have both spoken with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.
New Living Translation
You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.
New Life Bible
You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. Yes, You have spoken with Your mouth, and have done it with Your hand, as it is this day.
New Revised Standard
the covenant that you kept for your servant my father David as you declared to him; you promised with your mouth and have this day fulfilled with your hand.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
who hast kept for thy servant David my father, that which thou didst promise him, - in that thou didst promise with thy mouth, and, with thy hand, hast fulfilled, as it is this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
who hast kept with thy servant David my father what thou didst declare to him; yea, thou didst speak with thy mouth, and with thy hand hast fulfilled it this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day.

Contextual Overview

22 And Solomon standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth his hands towards the heavens, 23 and saith, `Jehovah, God of Israel, there is not a God like Thee, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants, those walking before Thee with all their heart, 24 who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him; yea, Thou speakest with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled [it], as [at] this day. 25 `And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel -- only, if thy sons watch their way, to walk before Me as thou hast walked before Me. 26 `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. 27 But, is it true? -- God dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens do not contain Thee, how much less this house which I have builded! 28 `Then thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer which Thy servant is praying before Thee to-day, 29 for Thine eyes being open towards this house night and day, towards the place of which Thou hast said, My Name is there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant prayeth towards this place. 30 `Then Thou hast hearkened unto the supplication of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, which they pray towards this place; yea, Thou dost hearken in the place of Thy dwelling, in the heavens -- and Thou hast hearkened, and hast forgiven, 31 that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou spakest: 1 Kings 8:15, 2 Samuel 7:12, 2 Samuel 7:16, 2 Chronicles 6:14, 2 Chronicles 6:15

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 25:18 - as it Matthew 1:22 - that

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him..... Concerning a son, his successor, and the builder of the temple:

thou, spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day; the temple being now finished by him, see 1 Kings 8:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 8:24. Who has kept with thy servant David — This is in reference to 2 Samuel 7:13, where God promises to David that Solomon shall build a house for the name of the Lord. The temple being now completed, this promise was literally fulfilled.


 
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