1 Kings 8:49

49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

1 Kings 8:49 in Other Translations

49 Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

49 then hear in heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause

49 then hear their prayers and their petition from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause.

49 isten from your home in heaven to their prayers desperate and devout and do what is best for them.

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

49 then in heaven, the place where you live, hear their prayer for mercy. Do what is right for them.

49 may You hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition and uphold their cause.

49 "Then listen to them from heaven. It's the place where you live. Listen to their prayer. Listen to them when they ask you to show them your favor. Stand up for them.

1 Kings 8:49 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:49

Then hear thou their prayers, and their supplication, in
heaven thy dwellingplace
For their deliverance out of captivity: and maintain their cause; plead it, and do them justice, avenge their injuries, and deliver them.

1 Kings 8:49 In-Context

47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;

48 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name;

49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.

50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;

51 for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.