Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, New Living Translation “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar in this Temple, English Standard Version “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, Berean Standard Bible 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, King James Bible 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: New King James Version “When anyone sins against his neighbor, and is forced to take an oath, and comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this temple, New American Standard Bible “If a person sins against his neighbor and is compelled to take an oath of innocence, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, NASB 1995 “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, NASB 1977 “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Thine altar in this house, Legacy Standard Bible “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, Amplified Bible “If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath [of innocence] and he comes to take the oath before Your altar in this house (temple), Christian Standard Bible When a man sins against his neighbor and is forced to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before your altar in this temple, Holman Christian Standard Bible When a man sins against his neighbor and is forced to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple, American Standard Version 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; Contemporary English Version Suppose someone accuses a person of a crime, and the accused has to stand in front of the altar in your temple and say, "I swear I am innocent!" English Revised Version If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house: GOD'S WORD® Translation "If anyone sins against another person and is required to take an oath and comes to take the oath in front of your altar in this temple, Good News Translation "When a person is accused of wronging another and is brought to your altar in this Temple to take an oath that he is innocent, International Standard Version "If a man should sin against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this Temple, Majority Standard Bible 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, NET Bible "When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. New Heart English Bible "If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swear before your altar in this house; Webster's Bible Translation If any man shall trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thy altar in this house: World English Bible “If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house, Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionthat which a man sins against his neighbor, and he has lifted up an oath on him to cause him to swear, and the oath has come in before Your altar in this house, Young's Literal Translation that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house, Smith's Literal Translation Whatever man shall sin against his neighbor, and an oath lifted up upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf any man trespass against his neighbour, and have an oath upon him, wherewith he is bound: and come because of the oath before thy altar to thy house, Catholic Public Domain Version But if any man sins against his neighbor, and he has any kind of an oath by which he is bound, and he arrives because of the oath, before your altar in your house, New American Bible “If someone sins in some way against a neighbor and is required to take an oath sanctioned by a curse, and comes and takes the oath before your altar in this house, New Revised Standard Version “If someone sins against a neighbor and is given an oath to swear, and comes and swears before your altar in this house, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf any man sins against his neighbor and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear and he comes and swears before thine altar in this house; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated If a man shall sin against his fellow man and he will owe oaths upon his oath, and will come and will swear before your altar in this house OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be exacted of him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before Thine altar in this house; Brenton Septuagint Translation Whatsoever trespasses any one shall commit against his neighbor, - and if he shall take upon him an oath so that he should swear, and he shall come and make confession before thine altar in this house, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Solomon's Prayer of Dedication…30Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive. 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, 32then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.… Cross References Deuteronomy 19:16-19 If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, / both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. / The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother, ... Exodus 22:10-11 If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching, / an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution. Matthew 5:33-37 Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ / But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; / or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ... Leviticus 6:2-5 “If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor / or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit— / once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found, ... Numbers 5:19-22 And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse. / But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and have defiled yourself and lain carnally with a man other than your husband’— / and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell. ... Hebrews 6:16 Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument. Zechariah 5:3-4 Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed. / I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.” James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment. 2 Chronicles 6:22-23 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, / then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness. Jeremiah 7:9-11 Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known, / and then come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, ‘We are delivered, so we can continue with all these abominations’? / Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. Matthew 23:16-22 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? / And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ ... Psalm 15:1-4 A Psalm of David. O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy mountain? / He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart, / who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend, ... Isaiah 48:1 “Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness— Malachi 3:5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. 1 Timothy 1:9-10 We realize that law is not enacted for the righteous, but for the lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinful, for the unholy and profane, for killers of father or mother, for murderers, / for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave traders and liars and perjurers, and for anyone else who is averse to sound teaching Treasury of Scripture If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house: trespass 2 Chronicles 6:22,23 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; … Exodus 22:8-11 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods… Leviticus 5:1 And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. Proverbs 30:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. the oath Numbers 5:16-22 And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: … Jump to Previous Adjure Altar Cause Exacted House Laid Neighbor Neighbour Oath Required Sin Sinned Sinneth Sins Swear Swears Trespass Wrong WrongsJump to Next Adjure Altar Cause Exacted House Laid Neighbor Neighbour Oath Required Sin Sinned Sinneth Sins Swear Swears Trespass Wrong Wrongs1 Kings 8 1. The feast of the temple12. Solomon's blessing 22. Solomon's prayer 54. Solomon's blessing 62. His sacrifice of peace offerings If a man sins against his neighbor This phrase highlights the interpersonal nature of sin, emphasizing that sin is not only against God but also against fellow humans. The Hebrew word for "sins" is "חָטָא" (chata), which means to miss the mark or to err. This reflects the biblical understanding that sin disrupts relationships and community harmony. The context here is a legal or moral transgression that requires resolution, underscoring the importance of justice and reconciliation in the community. and is required to take an oath and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this house (1) the omission of ו between the words, which in that case would have stood ובא ואלה, and would mean, "and he (the accused) come and swear" - a conjecture which is supported by the LXX., καὶ ἔλθῃ καὶ ἐξαγορεύση, or (2) the omission of the preposition ב, which would yield ובא באלה = and he (the accused) enters into the oath, an expression found in Nehemiah 10:29 and Ezekiel 17:13] before thine altar in this house. [Despite the last words, the altar of sacrifice before the house is probably meant. This was the altar of the Jewish layman, and, moreover it was one visible sign of the covenant. Psalm 1:5; Exodus 24:6-8; cf. 20:24. The altar which afforded shelter to the manslayer, in the same way lent sanctity to the oath. The practice of swearing by the altar (Matthew 23:18) is of later date. Hebrew Whenאֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that a man אִישׁ֙ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person sins יֶחֱטָ֥א (ye·ḥĕ·ṭā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn against his neighbor לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ (lə·rê·‘ê·hū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow and is required וְנָֽשָׁא־ (wə·nā·šā-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5378: To lend on interest, to dun for, debt to take an oath, אָלָ֖ה (’ā·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 423: An imprecation and he comes וּבָ֗א (ū·ḇā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to take an oath אָלָ֛ה (’ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 423: An imprecation before לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct Strong's 6440: The face Your altar מִֽזְבַּחֲךָ֖ (miz·ba·ḥă·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4196: An altar in this הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that temple, בַּבַּ֥יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1004: A house Links 1 Kings 8:31 NIV1 Kings 8:31 NLT 1 Kings 8:31 ESV 1 Kings 8:31 NASB 1 Kings 8:31 KJV 1 Kings 8:31 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 8:31 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 8:31 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 8:31 French Bible 1 Kings 8:31 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 8:31 If a man sin against his neighbor (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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