2 Chronicles 6:32
30 be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men—
31 so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live in the land that You gave to our fathers.
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
33 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
34 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,
- KJV
- Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
- WEB
- “Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for your great name’s sake and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,
- ASV
- Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name`s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
- DARBY
- And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand and thy stretched-out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house,
- BLB
- And also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, and he comes from a distant country for the sake of Your great name, and Your mighty hand, and Your outstretched arm, and they come and pray in this house,
- ÅB
- Også om en fremmed, en som ikke er av ditt folk Israel, men kommer fra et fjernt land for ditt store navns og din sterke hånds og din utrakte arms skyld - kommer og ber, vendt mot dette hus,
- OTB
- Også angående den fremmede som ikke er fra Ditt folk Israel, men kommer fra et fjernt land på grunn av Ditt store navn, og Din mektige hånd, og Din utstrakte arm— når de kommer og ber mot dette huset,
- B1930
- Også om en fremmed, en som ikke er av ditt folk Israel, men kommer fra et fjernt land for ditt store navns og din sterke hånds og din utrakte arms skyld - kommer og beder, vendt mot dette hus,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 56:3–7
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
Read in context1 Kings 8:41–43
And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your name—
Read in contextMatthew 8:10–11
When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.
Read in contextJohn 12:20
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the feast.
Read in contextActs 10:1–4
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
Read in contextZechariah 14:16–17
Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
Read in contextEphesians 2:12–13
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
Read in contextJoshua 9:9
“Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,
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