2 Chronicles 6:40

2 Chronicles 6:40 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now, my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made in this place.

Context of 2 Chronicles 6:40

38and 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, 39then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, 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. 41Now 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. 42O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

2 Chronicles 6:40 word by word

עַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֗י יִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ פְּתֻח֔וֹת וְאָזְנֶ֖יךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

• Nowעַתָּ֫ה‛attâh · nowH6258
• my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• mayנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• Your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• and Your earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• attentiveקַשֻּׁבqashshâb qashshûb · attentiveH7183
• to the prayer offeredתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• in thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:40

• Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
• Psalms 13:3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
• Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
• 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
• 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
• 1 Kings 8:52May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
• Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
• Daniel 9:16O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
• Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
• Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:40

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-42Verses 40-42 In Kings, a different conclusion takes the place of these verses. The document from which both writers copied contained the full prayer of dedication, which each givcs in a somewhat abbreviated form. 2 Chronicles 6:41 Thy resting place - i. e., the holy of holies. Solomon follows closely the words of David his father, spoken probably when he brought the ark into Jerusalem. See the marginal references. 2 Chronicles 6:42 Turn not away the face…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-412Ch 6:1-41. Solomon Blesses the People and Praises God. 1. The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness--This introduction to Solomon's address was evidently suggested by the remarkable incident recorded at the close of the last chapter: the phenomenon of a densely opaque and uniformly shaped cloud, descending in a slow and majestic manner and filling the whole area of the temple. He regarded it himself, and directed the people also to…Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings