1 Kings 8:52
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.”
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“May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.”
King James Version · Public Domain“that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“for Thine eyes being open unto the supplication of Thy servant, and unto the supplication of Thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all they call unto Thee for;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 8:52 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Kings 8:29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
- 2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
- Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
- Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
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