1 Kings 8:26-28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
27 But will God indeed live on earth?
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.(B)
28 Listen[b] to Your servant’s prayer and his petition,(C)
Lord my God,
so that You may hear the cry and the prayer
that Your servant prays before You today,
Footnotes
- 1 Kings 8:26 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr, Tg, Vg, 2Ch 6:16; other Hb mss omit Lord
- 1 Kings 8:28 Lit Turn
1 Kings 8:26-28
King James Version
26 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father.
27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:
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