That night, God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask for what you want me to give you.”
Parallel translations
- KJV In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.
- BSB That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- ESV In that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”
- NKJV On that night God appeared to Solomon, and said to him, “Ask! What shall I give you?”
- NASB In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, “Ask what I shall give you.”
- NLT That night God appeared to Solomon and said, “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!”
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- Matt 7:7–8“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
- 1 Jn 5:14–15This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.
- John 16:23“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
- Prov 3:5–6Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
- Mark 10:51Jesus asked him, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man said to him, “Rabboni, that I may see again.”
- 1 Kgs 3:5–15In Gibeon, Yahweh appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and God said, “Ask for what I should give you.”
- Mark 10:36–37He said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?”
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