1 Kings 8:34 “then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israe…”

1 Kings 8:34

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

World English Bible

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.

American Standard Version

then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then heare thou in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the sinne of thy people Israel, and bring them againe vnto the lande, which thou gauest vnto their fathers.

Darby Translation

then hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land that thou gavest unto their fathers.

Young's Literal Translation

then thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and brought them back unto the ground that Thou gavest to their fathers.

Bible in Basic English

Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.

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Cross references

“forgive the sin”

Daniel 9:19 1 Kings 8:30 Ezra 1:1–6 Psalm 106:47 Jeremiah 31:4–9 Jeremiah 31:27

Daniel 9:19 · BSB

O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”

1 Kings 8:30 · BSB

Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

Ezra 1:1–6 · BSB

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writi…

Psalm 106:47 · BSB

Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

Jeremiah 31:4–9 · BSB

Again I will build you, and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel. Again you will take up your tambourines and go out in joyful dancing.

Jeremiah 31:27 · BSB

“The days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and of beast.

“which thou gavest”

Genesis 13:15 Exodus 6:8 Joshua 21:43

Genesis 13:15 · BSB

for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

Exodus 6:8 · BSB

And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

Joshua 21:43 · BSB

Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

33When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,

35When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

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