2 Chronicles 6:40

Prayer God's presence

³⁸ 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:

³⁹ Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

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.

⁴¹ Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

⁴² O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Chronicles 7:15
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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Psalms 116:2
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
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Psalms 17:1
Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
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Nehemiah 1:6
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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Nehemiah 1:11
O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
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Psalms 31:2
Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.
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Psalms 88:1
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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Psalms 22:1–2
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
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