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1 Kings 8:47-49
New American Standard Bible
1 Kings 8:47-49
New American Standard Bible
47 (A)if they [a]take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and implore Your [b]favor in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, ‘(B)We have sinned and done wrong, we have acted wickedly’; 48 (C)if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and (D)pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; 49 then hear their prayer and their pleading in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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- 1 Kings 8:47 Lit return to their heart
- 1 Kings 8:47 Or compassion
1 Kings 8:47-49
New International Version
1 Kings 8:47-49
New International Version
47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead(A) with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;(B) 48 and if they turn back(C) to you with all their heart(D) and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray(E) to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple(F) I have built for your Name;(G) 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.
1 Kings 8:47-49
King James Version
1 Kings 8:47-49
King James Version
47 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;
48 And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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