1 Kings 8:26-28
New English Translation
26 Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made[a] to your servant, my father David, be realized.[b]
27 “God does not really live on the earth![c] Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! 28 But respond favorably to[d] your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer[e] the desperate prayer[f] your servant is presenting to you[g] today.
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- 1 Kings 8:26 tn Heb “the words that you spoke.”
- 1 Kings 8:26 tn Or “prove to be reliable.”
- 1 Kings 8:27 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.
- 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “turn to.”
- 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “by listening to.”
- 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”
- 1 Kings 8:28 tn Heb “praying before you.”
1 Kings 8:26-28
King James Version
26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
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1 Kings 8:26-28
New King James Version
26 (A)And now I pray, O God of Israel, let Your word come true, which You have spoken to Your servant David my father.
27 “But (B)will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the (C)heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built! 28 Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You today:
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