1 Kings 8:31

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

30Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.31When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,32then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

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Berean Standard Bible
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
American Standard Version (1901)
If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house;
Bible in Basic English
If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
Free Bible Version
When someone sins against another and is required to take an oath before your altar in this Temple,
Geneva Bible 1599
When a man shall trespasse against his neighbour, and he lay vpon him an othe to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shall come before thine altar in this house,
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
Translation for Translators
If someone is accused of doing something wrong to another person, and they bring him to your altar outside this holy temple, and if he says, ‘I did not do that; may God punish me if I am not telling the truth,’
Unlocked Literal Bible
If a man sins against his neighbor and is required to swear an oath, and if he comes and swears an oath before your altar in this house,
Noah Webster Bible
If any man shall trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thy altar in this house:
World English Bible
“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
Young's Literal Translation
that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house,