1 Kings 8:42 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;”
1 Kings 8:42 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Kings 8:42 in 6 Bible Translations
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1 Kings 8:42 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“(for they shall hear of your great name and of your mighty hand and of your outstretched arm), when he comes and prays toward this house,”
1 Kings 8:42 — World English Bible
1 Kings 8:42 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thine outstretched arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house; ”
1 Kings 8:42 — American Standard Version
1 Kings 8:42 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“(for they hear of Thy great name, and of Thy strong hand, and of Thy stretched-out arm) --and he hath come in and prayed towards this house,”
1 Kings 8:42 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Kings 8:42 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“(for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched-out arm); when he shall come and pray toward this house, ”
1 Kings 8:42 — Darby Translation
1 Kings 8:42 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“(When they shall heare of thy great name, and of thy mightie hande, and of thy stretched out arme) and shall come and pray in this house,”
1 Kings 8:42 — Geneva Bible
1 Kings 8:42 in Context — 1 Kings 8
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name’s sake;
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:
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What Does 1 Kings 8:42 Mean?
1 Kings 8:42 is a verse from the Book of 1 Kings, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Kings chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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