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1 Kings 8:40-42
Common English Bible
1 Kings 8:40-42
Common English Bible
40 Do this so that they may revere you all the days they live on the land that you gave to our ancestors.
41 Listen also to the immigrant who isn’t from your people Israel but who comes from a distant country because of your reputation— 42 because they will hear of your great reputation, your great power, and your outstretched arm. When the immigrant comes and prays toward this temple,
1 Kings 8:40-42
New International Version
1 Kings 8:40-42
New International Version
40 so that they will fear(A) you all the time they live in the land(B) you gave our ancestors.
41 “As for the foreigner(C) who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name— 42 for they will hear(D) of your great name and your mighty hand(E) and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple,
1 Kings 8:40-42
King James Version
1 Kings 8:40-42
King James Version
40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
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