2 Chronicles 6:38
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,’
and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
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.
40 Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
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- BSB
- and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
- KJV
- If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
- WEB
- if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
- ASV
- if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
- DARBY
- and if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;
- BLB
- and they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity where they have been carried captive, and they pray toward their land that You gave to their fathers, and the city that You have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for Your name,
- ÅB
- og de omvender seg til deg av alt sitt hjerte og av all sin sjel i det land som de er bortført til og holdes fanget i, og de ber, vendt mot sitt land, som du har gitt deres fedre, og den stad du har utvalgt, og det hus jeg har bygget for ditt navn,
- OTB
- hvis de vender tilbake til Deg av hele sitt hjerte og med hele sin sjel i fangenskapens land, hvor de har blitt tatt til fange, og ber mot sitt land som Du har gitt til deres fedre, og byen som Du har valgt, og mot huset som jeg har bygget for Ditt navn,
- B1930
- og de omvender sig til dig av alt sitt hjerte og av all sin sjel i det land som de er bortført til og holdes fanget i, og de beder, vendt mot sitt land, som du har gitt deres fedre, og den stad du har utvalgt, og det hus jeg har bygget for ditt navn,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joel 2:12–13
“Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:2–6
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
Read in context2 Chronicles 33:11–13
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
Read in context2 Chronicles 6:34
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,
Read in contextDaniel 9:3–4
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Read in contextDaniel 6:10
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Read in contextHosea 14:1–4
Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
Read in contextJeremiah 29:12–14
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
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