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2 Chronicles 6:22

Justice

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.

21 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.

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.

24 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

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BSB
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,
KJV
If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
WEB
“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,
ASV
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;
DARBY
If a man have sinned against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to adjure him, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
BLB
If anyone sins against his neighbor, and it is lifted up upon him to take an oath to swear, and he comes in to swear before Your altar in this house,
ÅB
Når noen synder mot sin neste, og de krever en ed av ham og lar ham sverge, og han så kommer inn og sverger foran ditt alter i dette hus,
OTB
Hvis en person synder mot sin nabo og blir pålagt å avlegge ed, og han kommer og avlegger ed foran Ditt alter i dette huset,
B1930
Når nogen synder mot sin næste, og de krever en ed av ham og lar ham sverge, og han så kommer inn og sverger foran ditt alter i dette hus,

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Cross references

  • Exodus 22:11

    an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.

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  • Numbers 5:19–22

    And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.

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  • Matthew 23:18

    And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

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  • Leviticus 5:1

    “If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.

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  • 1 Kings 8:31–32

    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,

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  • Proverbs 30:9

    Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.

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