Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
Parallel translations
- WEB It will happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- KJV And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- NKJV “It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- NASB It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will listen.
- NLT I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!
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Quick answer
God will answer his people even before they finish calling on him. It matters because it promises intimate, immediate fellowship and the assurance that God hears.
Overview
In the renewed relationship, the distance and delay caused by sin are gone, and God responds with eager nearness. This fulfills the longing for unhindered communion with God expressed throughout Scripture. Through Christ, believers now have confident access to the Father (Ephesians 2:18), a foretaste of this perfect intimacy.
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- Dan 10:12“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
- 1 Jn 5:14–15And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
- Mark 11:24Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
- Isa 58:9Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
- Ps 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Isa 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Acts 4:31After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
- Acts 10:30–32Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
- Dan 9:20–23While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
- Ps 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Luke 15:18–20I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- Acts 12:5–16So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
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