2 Chronicles 6:21

Forgiveness Prayer God's presence

¹⁹ Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

²⁰ May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

Hear 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.

²² 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,

²³ then 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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Hear 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.
KJV: Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
WEB: Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
ASV: And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest forgive.
DARBY: And hearken unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall pray toward this place, and hear thou from thy dwelling-place, from the heavens, and when thou hearest, forgive.
BLB: And may You listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place, and may You hear from Your dwelling place, the heavens, and may You hear and forgive.

ÅB: Du vil høre på din tjeners og ditt folk Israels ydmyke begjæringer, som de bærer fram, vendt mot dette sted; du vil høre dem fra det sted hvor du bor, fra himmelen; du vil høre og tilgi.
OTB: Og lytt til bønnene fra Din tjener og Ditt folk Israel, når de ber mot dette stedet; hør fra Din bolig, fra himmelen; hør og tilgi.
B1930: Du vil høre på din tjeners og ditt folk Israels ydmyke begjæringer, som de bærer frem, vendt mot dette sted; du vil høre dem fra det sted hvor du bor, fra himmelen; du vil høre og tilgi.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Micah 7:18
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
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Daniel 9:19
O Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
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Isaiah 43:25
I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.
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2 Chronicles 6:39
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
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2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
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Psalms 130:3–4
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
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Ecclesiastes 5:2
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. After all, God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.
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Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
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