1 Kings 8:44

King James Version (KJV)

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

Translations

1 Kings 8:44 - Amplified Bible

If Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You shall send them, and shall pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the house that I have built for Your Name [and Your revelation of Yourself],

1 Kings 8:44 - American Standard Version

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto Jehovah toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name;

1 Kings 8:44 - Bible in Basic English

If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they make their prayer to the Lord, turning their faces to this town of yours and to this house which I have made for your name:

1 Kings 8:44 - Darby Bible

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray to Jehovah toward the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;

1 Kings 8:44 - English Standard Version

"If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to the Lord toward the city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,

1 Kings 8:44 - King James Version

If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name:

1 Kings 8:44 - La Biblia de las Americas

Cuando tu pueblo salga a la batalla contra su enemigo, por cualquier camino que tù los envìes, y oren al SEÑOR vueltos hacia la ciudad que tù has escogido y hacia la casa que he edificado a tu nombre,

1 Kings 8:44 - The Message

When your people go to war against their enemies at the time and place you send them and they pray to God toward the city you chose and this Temple I’ve built to honor your Name,
      Listen from heaven to what they pray and ask for, and do what’s right for them.   When they sin against you—and they certainly will; there’s no one without sin!—and in anger you turn them over to the enemy and they are taken captive to the enemy’s land, whether far or near, but repent in the country of their captivity and pray with changed hearts in their exile, "We’ve sinned; we’ve done wrong; we’ve been most wicked," and turn back to you heart and soul in the land of the enemy who conquered them, and pray to you toward their homeland, the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you chose, and this Temple I have built to the honor of your Name,
      Listen from your home in heaven to their prayers desperate and devout and do what is best for them.   Forgive your people who have sinned against you; forgive their gross rebellions and move their captors to treat them with compassion. They are, after all, your people and your precious inheritance whom you rescued from the heart of that iron-smelting furnace, Egypt!

1 Kings 8:44 - New American Standard Bible

"When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name,

1 Kings 8:44 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

"Cuando Tu pueblo salga a la batalla contra su enemigo, por cualquier camino que Tù los envìes, y oren al SEÑOR vueltos hacia la ciudad que Tù has escogido y hacia la casa que he edificado a Tu nombre,

1 Kings 8:44 - World English Bible

If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to Yahweh toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;

1 Kings 8:44 - Young's Living Translation

`When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemy, in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Jehovah the way of the city which thou hast fixed on, and of the house which I have builded for Thy name;

1 Kings 8:44 - Additional Comments

Note that Solomon (vss 44-45) did not simply pray to help God's people in battle, but to help them in battle *when they pray*.

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