1 Kings 8:24

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.”

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BSBPD

“You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him; yea, Thou speakest with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled <FI>it<Fi> , as <FI>at<Fi> this day.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 8:24 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Joshua 21:45Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.
  2. 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
  3. 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  4. 1 Kings 8:15and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
  5. 2 Chronicles 6:14and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
  6. 2 Chronicles 6:15You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
  7. Psalms 138:2I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

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