1 Kings 8:38 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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:”
1 Kings 8:38 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 8:38 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 8:38 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread out his hands toward this house,”
1 Kings 8:38 — World English Bible
1 Kings 8:38 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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: ”
1 Kings 8:38 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 8:38 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“any prayer, any supplication that <FI>is<Fi> 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,”
1 Kings 8:38 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 8:38 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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; ”
1 Kings 8:38 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 8:38 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“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,”
1 Kings 8:38 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 8:38 in Context — 1 Kings 8
36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
38 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:
39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;)
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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What Does 1 Kings 8:38 Mean?
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