Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Now, my God,
please let Your eyes be open
and Your ears attentive
to the prayer of this place.

New American Standard Bible

“Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

King James Version

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

International Standard Version

"And now, my God, please let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers that are uttered in this place.

A Conservative Version

Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attendant to the prayer that is made in this place.

American Standard Version

Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Amplified

“Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

Bible in Basic English

Now, O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place.

Darby Translation

Now, my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open and let thine ears be attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Julia Smith Translation

Now, my God, shall thine eyes now be opened and thine ears attending to the prayer of this place.

King James 2000

Now, my God, let, I beseech you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive unto the prayer that is made in this place.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Now, O my God, please let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place!

Modern King James verseion

Now, my God, I beseech You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears hear the prayer made in this place.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

So now my God let thine eyes be open and thine ears attent unto the prayers made in this place.

NET Bible

"Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

New Heart English Bible

"Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

The Emphasized Bible

Now, O my God, let - I beseech thee - thine eyes be open, and thine ears attent, - unto the prayer of this place.

Webster

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thy eyes be open, and let thy ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

World English Bible

"Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place:

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Now, my God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

be open
פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

and let thine ears
אזן 
'ozen 
Usage: 187

be attent
קשּׁב קשּׁב 
Qashshab 
Usage: 5

unto the prayer
תּפלּה 
T@phillah 
Usage: 77

Verse Info

Context Readings

Solomon's Prayer To Dedicate The Temple

39 may You hear their prayer and petitions in heaven,
Your dwelling place,
and uphold their cause.
May You forgive Your people
who sinned against You.
40 Now, my God,
please let Your eyes be open
and Your ears attentive
to the prayer of this place.
41 Now therefore:

Arise, Lord God, come to Your resting place,
You and Your powerful ark.
May Your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
and may Your godly people rejoice in goodness.


Cross References

2 Chronicles 7:15

My eyes will now be open and My ears attentive to prayer from this place.

Psalm 17:1

A Davidic prayer.Lord, hear a just cause;
pay attention to my cry;
listen to my prayer—
from lips free of deceit.

Nehemiah 1:6

let Your eyes be open and Your ears be attentive to hear Your servant’s prayer that I now pray to You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

Nehemiah 1:11

Please, Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to that of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success today, and have compassion on him in the presence of this man.

At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

1 Kings 8:52

May Your eyes be open to Your servant’s petition
and to the petition of Your people Israel,
listening to them whenever they call to You.

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”

Psalm 7:3

Yahweh my God, if I have done this,
if there is injustice on my hands,

Psalm 13:3

Consider me and answer, Lord my God.
Restore brightness to my eyes;
otherwise, I will sleep in death.

Psalm 22:1-2

For the choir director: according to “The Deer of the Dawn.” A Davidic psalm.My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Why are You so far from my deliverance
and from my words of groaning?

Psalm 31:2

Listen closely to me; rescue me quickly.
Be a rock of refuge for me,
a mountain fortress to save me.

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
and His ears are open to their cry for help.

Psalm 88:1

A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.Lord, God of my salvation,
I cry out before You day and night.

Psalm 116:2

Because He has turned His ear to me,
I will call out to Him as long as I live.

Isaiah 37:17

Listen closely, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear all the words that Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.

Daniel 9:16-19

Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, may Your anger and wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become an object of ridicule to all those around us.

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