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2 Chronicles 6:35

Prayer

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,

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

36 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,

37 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

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BSB
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
KJV
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
WEB
then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
ASV
then hear thou from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
DARBY
then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their right.
BLB
then may You hear from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and may You maintain their cause.
ÅB
så vil du fra himmelen høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett.
OTB
da hør fra himmelen deres bønn og deres bønn, og oppretthold deres sak.
B1930
så vil du fra himmelen høre deres bønn og ydmyke begjæring og hjelpe dem til deres rett.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 9:3–4

    When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

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  • Isaiah 37:21–36

    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

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  • Daniel 9:17–19

    So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

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  • Jeremiah 5:28

    They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.

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