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2 Chronicles 6:40

PrayerGod's presence

38 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.

Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

41 Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

42 O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

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BSB
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
KJV
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
WEB
“Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
ASV
Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
DARBY
Now, my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open and let thine ears be attentive unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.
BLB
Now, my God, please, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer in this place.
ÅB
Så la nå, min Gud, dine øyne være åpnet og dine ører merke på den bønn som bedes på dette sted!
OTB
Nå, min Gud, la Dine øyne være åpne og Dine ører oppmerksomme på bønnen som blir tilbudt på dette stedet.
B1930
Så la nu, min Gud, dine øine være oplatt og dine ører merke på den bønn som bedes på dette sted!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 7:15

    Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

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  • Psalms 116:2

    Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

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  • Psalms 17:1

    Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.

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  • Nehemiah 1:6

    let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

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  • Nehemiah 1:11

    O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

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  • Psalms 31:2

    Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.

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  • Psalms 88:1

    O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

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  • Psalms 22:1–2

    My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

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