2 Chronicles 6:37

2 Chronicles 6:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
• New International Version (NIV)and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted wickedly’;
• English Standard Version (ESV)yet if they turn their heart in the land to which they have been carried captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned and have acted perversely and wickedly,'
• New King James Version (NKJV)yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have committed wickedness’;

Context of 2 Chronicles 6:37

35may you hear their prayer and petition in heaven and uphold their cause. 36When they sin against you — for there is no one who does not sin — and you are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, and their captors deport them to a distant or nearby country, and when they come to their senses in the land where they were deported and repent and petition you in their captors’ land, saying, “We have sinned and done wrong; we have been wicked,” 38and when they return to you with all their mind and all their heart in the land of their captivity where they were taken captive, and when they pray in the direction of their land that you gave their ancestors, and the city you have chosen, and toward the temple I have built for your name, 39may you hear their prayer and petitions in heaven, your dwelling place, and uphold their cause. May you forgive your people who sinned against you.

2 Chronicles 6:37 word by word

וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ אֶל־לְבָבָ֔ם בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבּוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֣בוּ׀ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ שִׁבְיָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חָטָ֥אנוּ הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ וְרָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• they bethinkלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• they bethinkשׁוּבshûb · to return: recallH7725
• themselves in the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• whither they are carried captiveשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617
• and turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• and prayחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• of their captivityשְׁבִיshebîy · captivityH7628
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• We have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• we have done amissעָוָה‛âvâh · to pervertH5753
• and have dealt wickedlyרָשַׁעrâsha‛ · be wickedH7561

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:37

• Leviticus 26:4I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
• Deuteronomy 4:29But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find him when you seek him with all your heart and all your soul.
• Deuteronomy 30:1“When all these things happen to you — the blessings and curses I have set before you — and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you,
• Luke 15:17When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger!
• Ezra 9:6And I said: My God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face toward you, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads and our guilt is as high as the heavens.
• Nehemiah 1:6let your eyes be open and your ears be attentive to hear your servant’s prayer that I now pray to you day and night for your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins we have committed against you. Both I and my father’s family have sinned.
• Nehemiah 9:26But they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They flung your law behind their backs and killed your prophets who warned them in order to turn them back to you. They committed terrible blasphemies.
• Job 33:27He will look at men and say, “I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
• Psalms 106:6Both we and our ancestors have sinned; we have done wrong and have acted wickedly.
• Isaiah 64:6All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
• Jeremiah 3:12Go, proclaim these words to the north, and say, ‘Return, unfaithful Israel. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will not look on you with anger, for I am unfailing in my love. This is the Lord’s declaration. I will not be angry forever.
• Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge your guilt — you have rebelled against the Lord your God. You have scattered your favors to strangers under every green tree and have not obeyed me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim moaning, “You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.
• Daniel 9:5we have sinned, done wrong, acted wickedly, rebelled, and turned away from your commands and ordinances.
• Luke 15:18I’ll get up, go to my father, and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37If they bethink themselves - "If thy fear should return into their hearts." - Targum. The whole of this prayer is amply considered in the parallel place, 1 Kings 8:22-53 (note), where see the notes.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-39Verses 1-39 Compare Kings (marginal references). Compare Kings (marginal references).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 36-39Petition 7: Solomon worried that Israel might be completely exiled, as shown in the last part of his prayer. Israel faced many exiles, but the total destruction of Jerusalem and its temple was the hardest test of faith. Solomon saw the temple as a source of faith; even in a foreign land, people could remember it and pray. Mentioning the land, city, and temple (2 Chronicles 6:38) suggests total destruction, not just partial exile. Even if the temple was…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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 6:37

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Repentance

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• Attent
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• Intercession
• Temple
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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