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1 Kings 8:58

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8:58May he make us submissive,105 so we can follow all his instructions106 and obey107 the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

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  1. 105 Heb “to bend our hearts toward him.” The infinitive is subordinate to the initial prayer, “may the Lord our God be with us.” The Hebrew term לֵבָב (levav, “heart”) here refers to the people’s volition and will.
  2. 106 Heb “to walk in all his ways.”
  3. 107 Heb “keep.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his rules, which he commanded our fathers.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in obedience to him and keep the commands, decrees and laws he gave our ancestors.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

so that he causes us to be devoted to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commands, statutes, and ordinances, which he commanded our ancestors.

NLTNew Living Translation

May he give us the desire to do his will in everything and to obey all the commands, decrees, and regulations that he gave our ancestors.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

to incline our hearts toward him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his judgments which he commanded our ancestors.

KJV 1900King James Version

That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.