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1 Kings 8:29

May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

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ASV

that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

KJV

That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לִהְיוֹת֩lih.yOtto beH1961 →
עֵינֶ֨ךָ'ei.Ne.khaeyes yourH5869 →
פְתֻח֜וֹתfe.tu.ChotopenH6605 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
לַ֣יְלָהLay.lahnightH3915 →
וָי֔וֹםva.Yomand dayH3117 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַ֨מָּק֔וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
אָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou have saidH559 →
יִהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961 →
שְׁמִ֖יshe.Miname myH8034 →
שָׁ֑םShamthereH8033 →
לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙lish.Mo.a'to listenH8085 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַתְּפִלָּ֔הha.te.fi.Lahthe prayerH8605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יִתְפַּלֵּ֣לyit.pa.Lelhe will prayH6419 →
עַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.Khaservant yourH5650 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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1 Kings 9:3And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.2 Chronicles 6:20May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.2 Chronicles 7:15–16Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.1 Kings 8:16‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’Nehemiah 1:9but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.2 Chronicles 6:5–6‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there, nor have I chosen anyone to be ruler over My people Israel.2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”2 Chronicles 33:4Manasseh also built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, “My Name will remain in Jerusalem forever.”Daniel 9:18Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.Ezekiel 8:16So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.2 Kings 19:16Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.Deuteronomy 16:2You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”1 Kings 8:52May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

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