Parallel Verses
NET Bible
May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Holman Bible
Let your heart be completely devoted to the Lord our God
International Standard Version
Now let your heart be completely devoted to the LORD our God, to live according to his statutes and to keep his commands, as we are doing today."
A Conservative Version
Let your heart therefore be perfect with LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
American Standard Version
Let your heart therefore be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Amplified
Therefore, your hearts are to be wholly devoted to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as [you are doing] today.”
Bible in Basic English
Then let your hearts be without sin before the Lord our God, walking in his laws and keeping his orders as at this day.
Darby Translation
and that your heart may be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in his statutes and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Julia Smith Translation
And your hearts be perfect with Jehovah our God to go in his laws, and to watch his commands as this day.
King James 2000
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Let your heart be completely with Yahweh our God by walking in his statutes, by keeping his commands as this day."
Modern King James verseion
And let your heart be perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commandments, as at this day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I pray God that your hearts may be sound with the LORD our God, to walk in his ordinances and to keep his laws as we do this day."
New Heart English Bible
"Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day."
The Emphasized Bible
So shall your heart be sound with Yahweh our God, - to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
Webster
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
World English Bible
"Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day."
Youngs Literal Translation
and your heart hath been perfect with Jehovah our God, to walk in His statutes, and to keep His commands, as at this day.'
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Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Kings 8:61
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Context Readings
Solomon Charges The People Israel
60 Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. 61 May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing." 62 The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.
Cross References
1 Kings 11:4
When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been.
2 Kings 20:3
"Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
1 Kings 15:3
He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been.
1 Kings 15:14
The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime.
Deuteronomy 18:13
You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless.
1 Chronicles 28:9
"And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently.
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
Job 1:8
So the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."
Psalm 37:37
Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future.
2 Corinthians 7:1
Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.
Philippians 3:12-16
Not that I have already attained this -- that is, I have not already been perfected -- but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me.