1 Kings 8:43 “then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according t…”

1 Kings 8:43

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

American Standard Version

hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

Geneva Bible 1599

Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and feare thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.

Darby Translation

hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, [and] that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

Young's Literal Translation

Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Thy name, to fear Thee like Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name hath been called on this house which I have builded.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear in heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and that they may see that this house which I have put up is truly named by your name.

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Cross references

“that all the people”

1 Samuel 17:46 Psalm 86:9 2 Kings 19:19 Psalm 22:27 Psalm 67:2 Isaiah 11:9

1 Samuel 17:46 · BSB

This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole wo…

Psalm 86:9 · BSB

All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.

2 Kings 19:19 · BSB

And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”

Psalm 22:27 · BSB

All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

Psalm 67:2 · BSB

that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.

Isaiah 11:9 · BSB

They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is full of water.

“fear thee”

Psalm 102:15 Psalm 117:1 Psalm 117:2

Psalm 102:15 · BSB

So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

Psalm 117:1 · BSB

Praise the LORD, all you nations! Extol Him, all you peoples!

Psalm 117:2 · BSB

For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!

Also

Joshua 4:24

Joshua 4:24 · BSB

He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”

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

In context

42for they will hear of Your great name and mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

44When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

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