1 Maccabees 7:37 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Thou didst choose this house to be called by thy name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people: More versionsCommon English Bible You, heavenly one, chose this house to be called by your name and to be a house of prayer and petition for your people. Catholic Public Domain Version "You, O Lord, have chosen this house so that your name may be invoked in it, so that it may be a house of prayer and supplication for your people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou, O Lord, hast chosen this house for thy name to be called upon therein, that it might be a house of prayer and supplication for thy people. Good News Translation (US Version) “Lord, you chose this Temple to bear your name and to be a place of prayer and intercession for your people. World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers “You chose this house to be called by your name, to be a house of prayer and supplication for your people. Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition “You have chosen this temple as the place where your people must worship in your name. |