He said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart,
1 Kings 8:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Therefore, O God of Israel, let your word be confirmed that you promised to your servant my father David. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now, O God of Israel, let Your word which You spoke to Your servant David my father be confirmed [by experience]. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. Common English Bible So now, God of Israel, may your promise to your servant David, my father, come true. Catholic Public Domain Version And now, O Lord God of Israel, establish your words, which you spoke to your servant David, my father. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy servant David my father. |
He said, “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart,
“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain you, much less this house that I have built!
And now, O Lord, as for the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as you have promised.
O Lord God, let your promise to my father David now be fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.
Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
I will give you the treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name.
that I may perform the oath that I swore to your ancestors, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day.’ ” Then I answered, “So be it, Lord.”
Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; the God of Israel grant the petition you have made to him.”