King James Version
1 Kings 8:34 in the King James Version says “Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest...” — study this verse from 1 Kings chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.”
1 Kings 8:34 · KJV
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: in: or, toward
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them:
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Then hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“thou in heaven”
H8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r
“the sin”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
“of thy people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“and bring them again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which thou gavest”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“unto their fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
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