1 Kings 8:31 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 8:31

When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

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ASV

If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house;

KJV

If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The oath come before ... - “The oath” is equivalent to “the man who swears the oath.” A slight alteration in the present Hebrew text gives the sense “and he (the accused) go and swear before thine altar,” etc. The threats and the promises, the punishments and calamities of 1Ki 8:31-38 were distinctly named in the Law. See the margin reference.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Trespass - If he be accused of a trespass. Laid on him - Either by the judge, or by the party accusing him, or by the accused person himself: which was usual, when there were no witnesses. Thine altar - For here God, who was appealed to as witness, was especially present.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֵת֩	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	[that] which	H834 →
יֶחֱטָ֥א	ye.che.Ta'	he will sin	H2398 →
אִישׁ֙	'ish	anyone	H376 →
לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ	le.re.'E.hu	to neighbor his	H7453 →
וְנָֽשָׁא־	ve.na.sha'-	and he will impose	H5378 →
ב֥וֹ	vo	on him
אָלָ֖ה	'a.Lah	an oath	H423 →
לְהַֽאֲלֹת֑וֹ	le.ha.'a.lo.To	to put under an oath him	H422 →
וּבָ֗א	u.Va'	and he will come	H935 →
אָלָ֛ה	'a.Lah	he will swear an oath	H422 →
לִפְנֵ֥י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
מִֽזְבַּחֲךָ֖	miz.ba.cha.Kha	altar your	H4196 →
בַּבַּ֥יִת	ba.Ba.yit	in the house	H1004 →
הַזֶּֽה׃	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Proverbs 30:9
Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
leads to
- Hosea 13:6
  When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
- Deuteronomy 31:20
  When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to…
- Ezekiel 16:49–50
  Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Deuteronomy 8:10–14
  When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- Deuteronomy 32:15
  But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
Through
Leviticus 5:1
“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
leads to
- Leviticus 5:17
  If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
- Proverbs 29:24
  A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
- Matthew 26:63
  But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

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01Commentary

The record, by era

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Kings

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Kings