1 Kings 8:38

What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

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Other Translations for 1 Kings 8:38

BSB
then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make-each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple-
AKJV
What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
CPDV
or whatever curse or divine intervention may happen to any man among your people Israel, if anyone understands, having been wounded in his heart, and if he will have extended his hands in this house,
ERV
what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
NHEB
whatever prayer and petition is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
SMT
Every prayer, every supplication which shall be to every man to all thy people Israel which shall know a man the blow to his heart and spread forth his hands to this house:

Commentary for 1 Kings 8:38

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Overview of 1 Kings 8:38
Summary
People spread hands in sincere prayer
Place
Jerusalem
Event
Solomon describes prayer gesture
Estimated Time Period
c. 950 BC
Category
Prayer