1 Kings 8:34

34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

1 Kings 8:34 in Other Translations

34 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.

34 then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers.

34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave their ancestors.

34 Listen from your home in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, return them to the land you gave their ancestors.

34 may You hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave their ancestors.

1 Kings 8:34 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:34

Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people
Israel
It being not personal, but public sins, which would be the cause of such a calamity:

and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their
fathers;
as had been often their case in the time of the judges.

1 Kings 8:34 In-Context

32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

33 “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and give praise to your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple,

34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,

36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.