2 Chronicles 6:23
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.
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,
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,
25 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
- WEB
- then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- ASV
- then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
- DARBY
- then hear thou from the heavens, and do, and judge thy servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.
- BLB
- then may You hear from the heavens and act and judge Your servants, to give back to the wicked by bringing his way on his own head, and to justify the righteous by giving to him according to his righteousness.
- ÅB
- så vil du høre fra himmelen og gripe inn og hjelpe dine tjenere til deres rett, så du gjengjelder den skyldige og lar hans gjerninger komme over hans eget hode, og dømmer den rettferdige rettferdig og lar ham få etter sin rettferdighet.
- OTB
- da hør fra himmelen og handle, og døm Dine tjenere, bring rettferdighet til den onde ved å bringe hans vei på hans eget hode, og rettferdiggjør den rettferdige ved å belønne ham etter hans rettferdighet.
- B1930
- så vil du høre fra himmelen og gripe inn og hjelpe dine tjenere til deres rett, så du gjengjelder den skyldige og lar hans gjerninger komme over hans eget hode, og dømmer den rettferdige rettferdig og lar ham få efter sin rettferdighet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 51:56
For a destroyer is coming against her— against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
Read in contextEzekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Read in contextRomans 2:9–10
There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
Read in contextIsaiah 3:10–11
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Read in contextProverbs 17:15
Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 28:16–17
Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
Read in contextNumbers 5:27
When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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