1 Kings 8:46 (GNV)

Passage

If they sinne against thee, ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:44 When thy people shall go out to battell against their enemie by the way that thou shalt sende them, and shall pray vnto the Lord towarde the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name,

1 Kings 8:45 Heare thou then in heauen their prayer and their supplication, and iudge their cause.

1 Kings 8:46 If they sinne against thee, ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,

1 Kings 8:47 Yet if they turne againe vnto their heart in the lande (to the which they be caryed away captiues) and returne and pray vnto thee in the lande of them that caryed them away captiues, saying, We haue sinned, we haue transgressed, and done wickedly,

1 Kings 8:48 If they turne againe vnto thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the lande of their enemies, which led them away captiues, and pray vnto thee toward the way of their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, and toward the citie which thou hast chosen, and the house, which I haue built for thy Name,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sinne", "against", "thee", "sinneth", "thou", "angry", "deliuer", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sinne" and "against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 45's "Heare thou then in heauen their prayer..." into verse 47's "Yet if they turne againe vnto their...", so "sinne" and "against" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sinne" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.