1 Kings 8:49
“Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and mainteine their cause,”
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1 Kings 8:49 Context
47Yet if they shall bethinke themselues, in the land whither they were caried captiues, and repent, and make supplication vnto thee in the land of them that caried them captiues, saying, Wee haue sinned, and haue done peruersly, we haue committed wickednes; 48And so returne vnto thee with all their heart, and with all their soule, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captiue, and pray vnto thee toward their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I haue built for thy Name: 49Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and mainteine their cause, 50And forgiue thy people that haue sinned against thee, and all their transgressions, wherein they haue transgressed against thee, and giue them compassion before them who caried them captiue, that they may haue compassion on them: 51For they bee thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest foorth out of Egypt, from the mids of the furnace of iron:
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Other Translations for 1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- King James Version
then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;
- Basic English Bible
then hear thou in the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right;
- Darby Bible
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause,
- Webster's Bible
then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;
- World English Bible
`Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause,
- Youngs Literal Bible
then hear Thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 1 Kings 8:49
8:49 Their course - Heb. their right, against their invaders andoppressors. For they had forfeited all their rights to God only, but not totheir enemies; whom tho' God used as scourges to chastise his peoples sins,yet they had no pretence of right to their land.