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1 Kings 8:40-42
GOD’S WORD Translation
1 Kings 8:40-42
GOD’S WORD Translation
40 Then, as long as they live in the land that you gave to our ancestors,
they will fear you.
41 “People will hear about your great name,
mighty hand, and powerful arm.[a]
So when people who are not Israelites
come from distant countries because of your name
42 to pray facing this temple,
Footnotes
- 8:41 The first sentence of verse 42 (in Hebrew) has been placed in verse 41 to express the complex Hebrew paragraph structure more clearly in English.
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,
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