1 Kings 8:49
New International Version
then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

New Living Translation
then hear their prayers and their petition from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause.

English Standard Version
then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause

Berean Standard Bible
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

King James Bible
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

New King James Version
then hear in heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause,

New American Standard Bible
then hear their prayer and their pleading in heaven, Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

NASB 1995
then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

NASB 1977
then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

Legacy Standard Bible
then listen in heaven Your dwelling place to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice for them,

Amplified Bible
then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their right and defend their cause,

Christian Standard Bible
may you hear in heaven, your dwelling place, their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.

American Standard Version
then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you shall hear from Heaven, from the foundation of your throne, their prayer and their cry, and you will perform their cause

Brenton Septuagint Translation
then shalt thou hear from heaven thine established dwelling-place,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy throne, their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them:

English Revised Version
then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
then in heaven, the place where you live, hear their prayer for mercy. Do what is right for them.

Good News Translation
then listen to their prayers. In your home in heaven hear them and be merciful to them.

International Standard Version
then hear their prayer and requests in heaven, where you reside, and fight for their cause,

JPS Tanakh 1917
then hear Thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven Thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;

Literal Standard Version
then You have heard in the heavens, the settled place of Your dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and have maintained their cause,

Majority Standard Bible
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.

New American Bible
listen in heaven, your dwelling place, to their prayer and petition, and uphold their cause.

NET Bible
then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

New Revised Standard Version
then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, maintain their cause

New Heart English Bible
then hear their prayer and their petition in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;

Webster's Bible Translation
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause,

World English Bible
then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cause;

Young's Literal Translation
'Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause,

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Context
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
48and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name, 49then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. 50May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.…

Cross References
1 Kings 8:48
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray to You in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

1 Kings 8:50
May You forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all the transgressions they have committed against You, and may You grant them compassion in the eyes of their captors to show them mercy.

Psalm 140:12
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.


Treasury of Scripture

Then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

then hear

1 Kings 8:30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

cause.

1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

2 Kings 19:19
Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

Zechariah 1:15,16
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction…

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Verse 49. - Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause. [Heb. do their judgments, as in ver. 45.]

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
then may You hear
וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֤ (wə·šā·ma‘·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

from heaven,
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

Your dwelling
שִׁבְתְּךָ֔ (šiḇ·tə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

place,
מְכ֣וֹן (mə·ḵō·wn)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4349: A fixture, a basis, a place, as an abode

their prayer
תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם (tə·p̄il·lā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8605: Intercession, supplication, a hymn

and petition,
תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם (tə·ḥin·nā·ṯām)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8467: Favor, supplication for favor

and may You uphold
וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

their cause.
מִשְׁפָּטָֽם׃ (miš·pā·ṭām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style


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