1 Kings 8:37

1 Kings 8:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
• New International Version (NIV)“When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence or blight or mildew or locust or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land at their gates, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“When there is famine in the land, pestilence or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers; when their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is;

Context of 1 Kings 8:37

35“When the skies are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, yet if they pray toward this place and confess Your Name and turn from their sin because You have afflicted them, 36then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel. Teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on Your land which You gave to Your people as an inheritance. “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar, if their enemy should besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague or sickness, 38when prayer or supplication is made by anyone or by all Your people Israel—each knowing the plague of his own heart—when one spreads his hands toward this House, 39then may you hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, forgive and act, and give to each man according to all his ways, as You know his heart to be. For You alone know the hearts of all the children of men.

1 Kings 8:37 word by word

רָעָ֞ב כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֗רֶץ דֶּ֣בֶר כִּֽי־יִ֠הְיֶה שִׁדָּפ֨וֹן יֵרָק֜וֹן אַרְבֶּ֤ה חָסִיל֙ כִּ֣י יִהְיֶ֔ה כִּ֧י יָֽצַר־ל֛וֹ אֹיְב֖וֹ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ שְׁעָרָ֑יו כָּל־נֶ֖גַע כָּֽל־מַחֲלָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If there be in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• famineרָעָבrâ‛âb · famineH7458
• if there be pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• blastingשִׁדָּפוֹןshedêphâh shiddâphôn · blightH7711
• mildewיֵרָקוֹןyêrâqôn · mildewH3420
• locustאַרְבֶּה'arbeh · locustH697
• if there be caterpillerחָסִילchâsîyl · locustH2625
• if their enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• besiegeצָרַרtsârar · to constrainH6887
• of their citiesשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179
• whatsoever plagueנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
• whatsoever sicknessמַחֲלָהmachăleh machălâh · sicknessH4245

Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:37

• Leviticus 26:16then I will do the following to you in return. I will appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever that will dim the eyes and cause the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
• Deuteronomy 28:21Adonai will make the plague cling to you, until He has put an end to you from the land that you are going in to possess.
• 2 Kings 6:25Now there was a great famine in Samaria, since they were besieging it, until a donkey’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver, and the quarter of a kav of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
• 1 Chronicles 21:12either three years of famine, or three months being swept away from before your adversaries and the sword of your enemies overtaking you or three days of the sword of Adonai, pestilence in the land and the angel of Adonai ravaging throughout all the territories of Israel. Now, consider what I should reply to the one who sent me.’”
• 2 Chronicles 6:28“When there is famine in the land, when there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locust or grasshopper, when their enemies besiege them in the land by their gates, whatever plague or sickness may come,
• 2 Chronicles 20:9‘If calamity comes upon us—the sword of judgment, pestilence or famine—we will stand before this House and before You—for Your Name is in this House—and cry to You in our distress and You will hear and deliver us.’
• Psalms 105:34He spoke, and the locust came —young locusts without number—
• Jeremiah 32:2Now at the time the king of Babylon’s army was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
• Jeremiah 39:1Now when Jerusalem was captured, in the ninth year of King Zedekiah of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and all his army advanced against Jerusalem, and besieged it.
• Ezekiel 14:21For thus Adonai says: “How much more if I send My four dreadful judgments against Jerusalem—the sword, the famine, the evil beasts and the plague—to cut man and beast off from it.
• Joel 1:4What the locust left, the swarming locust has eaten, and what the swarming locust left, the canker-worm has eaten, and what the canker-worm left, the caterpillar has eaten.
• Joel 2:25“I shall restore to you the years that the locust, the swarming locust, the canker-worm and the caterpillar have eaten— My great army that I sent among you.”

Commentaries on 1 Kings 8:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37If there be in the land famine - pestilence - The Fourth case includes several kinds of evils: Famine; a scarcity or total want of bread, necessarily springing from the preceding cause, drought. Pestilence; any general and contagious disease. Blasting; any thing by which the crops are injured, so that the ear is never matured; but instead of wholesome grain, there is a black offensive dust. Mildew; any thing that vitiates or corrodes the texture of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 37In the land of their cities - literally, “in the land of their gates.” Hence, the marginal translation “jurisdiction,” because judgments were pronounced in the town gates Deuteronomy 16:18. Another reading gives “in one of their cities.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 22-53Verses 22-53 In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and favour from God. The experiences we have of God's performing his promises, should encourage us to depend upon them, and to plead them with him; and those who expect further mercies, must be thankful for former mercies. God's promises must be the guide of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 37-40Solomon prayed about disasters caused by personal or group sin (Leviticus 26:16, 19–26; Deuteronomy 28:21–22, 38–40, 42, 58–61). Solomon asked that if God's people confessed and truly repented, God would act fairly so everyone could live with respect for him (Deuteronomy 8:6; 2 Chronicles 7:14; Proverbs 1:7; 9:10; 15:33).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Kings 8:37

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Blasting
• Blessing
• Caterpillar
• Intercession
• Locust
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Caterpillar
• Contain
• Glad
• Hallow
• Hearken
• Mildew
• Plague
• Prayer
• Receive
• Solomon

Commentaries on 1 Kings 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings