English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 7:15
15Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
2 Chronicles 7:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
- New International Version (NIV)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.
- New Living Translation (NLT)My eyes will be open and my ears attentive to every prayer made in this place.
Context of 2 Chronicles 7:15
13When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, 14if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. 16For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. 17And as for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules,
Read all of 2 Chronicles 72 Chronicles 7:15 word by word
עַתָּ֗ה עֵינַי֙ יִהְי֣וּ פְתֻח֔וֹת וְאָזְנַ֖י קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:15
- 2 Chronicles 6:20that your eyes may be open day and night toward this house, the place where you have promised to set your name, that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.
- Deuteronomy 11:12a land that the Lord your God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
- Nehemiah 1:6let your ear be attentive and your eyes open, to hear the prayer of your servant that I now pray before you day and night for the people of Israel your servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Even I and my father's house have sinned.
- Psalms 65:2O you who hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come.
- Psalms 130:2O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
- 1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
- 2 Chronicles 6:40Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Now mine eyes shall be open - It shall be pleasing to me in the sight of my Word, that I should incline mine ear," etc. - Targum.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15The prayer that is made in this place - literally, as in the margin. The unsual phrase includes the two cases of prayers offered in 2 Chronicles 6:24 and toward 2 Chronicles 6:34, 2 Chronicles 6:38 the sanctuary.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15These verses refer directly to Solomon’s prayer (see 2 Chronicles 6:26, 28, 40). God explained to Solomon what is needed to be saved from judgment. In Solomon’s prayer, each situation was addressed separately. In the Lord’s answer, the response is more general and thorough. The people need humility, repentance, seeking the Lord, and prayer to heal from their troubles.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7
- 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
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