Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now my eyes will be open my ears attentive to prayer that is made in this place.
- BSB Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
- NKJV Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.
- NASB Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
- NLT My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.
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Quick answer
God assures Solomon that His eyes and ears will be attentive to prayer offered at the temple. It confirms the temple as the appointed place of access to God.
Overview
Building on Solomon's plea that God hear prayers directed toward this house, the LORD promises ongoing attentiveness. This anthropomorphic language conveys God's nearness and responsiveness to His people's cries. In Christ, believers now have even fuller access, drawing near to God's throne of grace without need of a physical temple.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Pet 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
- 2 Chr 6:40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- 2 Chr 6:20That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
- Neh 1:6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
- Deut 11:12A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
- Ps 65:2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
- Ps 130:2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
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