8:43a then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place,
Then from heaven where you live, please hear their prayers.
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Then from your home in heaven answer their prayers (Contemporary English Version).
8:43b and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You.
Please do whatever that foreign person asks you to do.
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Give these people from other lands/nations what they have requested.
8:43c Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You,
Do this, so that all the nations of the earth may know you and fear/serve you.
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Do this, so that the many different peoples/tribes on this earth may learn to know and obey you.
8:43d as do Your people Israel,
Your people Israel already know you and fear/serve you.
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They will then be like your people Israel, who already know and obey you.
8:43e and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
⌊And do this⌋, so these foreigners will also know that this temple I have built is yours.
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⌊Please do this⌋, so that these foreigners may also see that you live in this temple I built for you.
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