1 Kings 8:58 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

to incline our heart unto Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers;

English ASV

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

English Amplified

That He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His precepts which He commanded our fathers.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

That He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His precepts which He commanded our fathers.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.

English CSB 2017 - Christian 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.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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

English EASY 2024

I pray that the Lord will cause us to respect his authority. Then we will do what he wants us to do. We will obey all his commands, rules and laws that he gave to our ancestors.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

I pray that we will turn to him and follow him. Then we will obey all the laws, decisions, and commands that he gave our ancestors.

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.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

may he make us obedient to him, so that we will always live as he wants us to live, keeping all the laws and commands he gave our ancestors.

English God's Word - GW 1995

May he bend our hearts toward him. Then we will follow him and keep his commands, laws, and rules, which he commanded our ancestors {to keep}.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

May He incline our hearts toward Him to walk in all His ways and to keep His commands, ordinances, and judgments, which He commanded our ancestors.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

that He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, statutes, and judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

May he draw our hearts to himself, that we may follow him in everything and keep the commands, statutes, and ordinances which he enjoined on our fathers.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

May he turn our hearts to him. Then we will live the way he wants us to. We'll obey the commands, rules and directions he gave our people.

English NIV

May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep the commands, decrees and regulations he gave our fathers.

English NKJ 1982

that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.

English NLT

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

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

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

English RSV (Revised 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 ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

May he give us the desire to do his will in everything, and to obey all the commandments and instructions he has given our ancestors.

English Tyndale 1537

but that he bow our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, ordinances and customs which he commanded our fathers.