1 Kings 8:51

51 for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.

1 Kings 8:51 in Other Translations

KJV
51 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
ESV
51 (for they are your people, and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace).
NLT
51 for they are your people—your special possession—whom you brought out of the iron-smelting furnace of Egypt.
MSG
51 They are, after all, your people and your precious inheritance whom you rescued from the heart of that iron-smelting furnace, Egypt!
CSB
51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the middle of an iron furnace.

1 Kings 8:51 In-Context

49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause.
50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;
51 for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace.
52 “May your eyes be open to your servant’s plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you.
53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, Sovereign LORD, brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Exodus 34:9; S Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 9:29; Nehemiah 1:10
  • 2. S Exodus 1:13; Isaiah 48:10; Jeremiah 11:4
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