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1 Kings 8:32-34
New English Translation
1 Kings 8:32-34
New English Translation
32 Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.[a]
33 “The time will come when[b] your people Israel are defeated by an enemy[c] because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,[d] and pray for your help[e] in this temple, 34 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.
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- 1 Kings 8:32 tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by declaring the guilty to be guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”
- 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 33-34 actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
- 1 Kings 8:33 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
- 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
- 1 Kings 8:33 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
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