1 Kings 8:57 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:”

1 Kings 8:57 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Kings 8:57 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Kings 8:57 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“May Yahweh our God be with us as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake us,”

1 Kings 8:57 — World English Bible

1 Kings 8:57 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Jehovah our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us; ”

1 Kings 8:57 — American Standard Version

1 Kings 8:57 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`Jehovah our God is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor leave us;”

1 Kings 8:57 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Kings 8:57 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Jehovah ourGod be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not forsake us nor cast us off: ”

1 Kings 8:57 — Darby Translation

1 Kings 8:57 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The Lord our God be with vs, as he was with our fathers, that he forsake vs not, neither leaue vs,”

1 Kings 8:57 — Geneva Bible

1 Kings 8:57 in Context — 1 Kings 8

55 And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,

56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.

57 The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.

59 And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

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What Does 1 Kings 8:57 Mean?

1 Kings 8:57 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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