1 Kings 8:47 “and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were take…”

1 Kings 8:47

and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

World English Bible

yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly,’

American Standard Version

yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;

Geneva Bible 1599

Yet if they turne againe vnto their heart in the lande (to the which they be caryed away captiues) and returne and pray vnto thee in the lande of them that caryed them away captiues, saying, We haue sinned, we haue transgressed, and done wickedly,

Darby Translation

and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done iniquity, we have dealt perversely;

Young's Literal Translation

and they have turned [it] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely — we have done wickedly;

Bible in Basic English

And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, and are turned again to you, crying out in prayer to you in that land, and saying, We are sinners, we have done wrong, we have done evil;

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Cross references

“Yet if they”

Leviticus 26:40–45 Deuteronomy 4:29–31 2 Chronicles 6:37 Ezekiel 16:61 Ezekiel 16:63 Ezekiel 18:28

Leviticus 26:40–45 · BSB

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

Deuteronomy 4:29–31 · BSB

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

2 Chronicles 6:37 · BSB

Ezekiel 16:61 · BSB

Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of My covenant with you.

Ezekiel 16:63 · BSB

so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”

Ezekiel 18:28 · BSB

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

“saying”

Psalm 106:6 Nehemiah 1:6–11 Nehemiah 9:26–30 Isaiah 64:6–12 Daniel 9:5–11 Zechariah 12:10

Psalm 106:6 · BSB

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

Nehemiah 1:6–11 · BSB

let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You…

Nehemiah 9:26–30 · BSB

But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.

Isaiah 64:6–12 · BSB

Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Daniel 9:5–11 · BSB

we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.

Zechariah 12:10 · BSB

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and gr…

“done perversely”

Jeremiah 31:18–20 Job 33:27 Job 33:28 Luke 15:18

Jeremiah 31:18–20 · BSB

I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.

Job 33:27 · BSB

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Job 33:28 · BSB

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Luke 15:18 · BSB

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

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

In context

46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,

48and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

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