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1 Kings 8:58-60
New English Translation
1 Kings 8:58-60
New English Translation
58 May he make us submissive,[a] so we can follow all his instructions[b] and obey[c] the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors. 59 May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him,[d] so that he might vindicate[e] his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. 60 Then[f] all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.[g]
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- 1 Kings 8:58 tn Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.
- 1 Kings 8:58 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways.”
- 1 Kings 8:58 tn Heb “keep.”
- 1 Kings 8:59 tn Heb “May these words of mine, which I have requested before the Lord, be near the Lord our God day and night.”
- 1 Kings 8:59 tn Heb “accomplish the justice of.”
- 1 Kings 8:60 tn Heb “so that.”
- 1 Kings 8:60 tn Heb “the Lord, he is the God, there is no other.”
1 Kings 8:58-60
New International Version
1 Kings 8:58-60
New International Version
58 May he turn our hearts(A) to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors. 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day’s need, 60 so that all the peoples(B) of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other.(C)
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