2 Chronicles 6:20

2 Chronicles 6:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
• New International Version (NIV)May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that Your eyes may be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your name, that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place.

Context of 2 Chronicles 6:20

18“Does God really live on earth with people? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built? 19Nevertheless, my Lord God, please pay attention to my prayer for mercy. Listen to my cry for help as I pray to you. Day and night may your eyes be on this temple, the place about which you said your name will be there. Listen to me as I pray toward this place. 21Hear the plea for mercy that your people Israel and I pray toward this place. Hear us in heaven, the place where you live. Hear and forgive. 22“If anyone sins against another person and is required to take an oath and comes to take the oath in front of your altar in this temple,

2 Chronicles 6:20 word by word

לִהְיוֹת֩ עֵינֶ֨יךָ פְתֻח֜וֹת אֶל־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה אֶל־הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ לָשׂ֥וּם שִׁמְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם לִשְׁמ֙וֹעַ֙ אֶל־הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• may be openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• upon this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• and nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• upon the placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• whereof thou hast saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• that thou wouldest putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• there; to hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• unto the prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• which thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• prayethפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:20

• 2 Chronicles 16:9The Lord’s eyes scan the whole world to find those whose hearts are committed to him and to strengthen them. You acted foolishly in this matter. So from now on, you will have to fight wars.”
• 1 Kings 8:29Night and day may your eyes be on this temple, the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’ Listen to me as I pray toward this place.
• 2 Kings 19:16Turn your ear toward me, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the message that Sennacherib sent to defy the living God.
• Nehemiah 1:6Open your eyes, and pay close attention with your ears to what I, your servant, am praying. I am praying to you day and night about your servants the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against you as well as the sins that my father’s family and I have committed.
• Psalms 34:15The Lord’s eyes are on righteous people. His ears hear their cry for help.
• Psalms 121:5The Lord is your guardian. The Lord is the shade over your right hand.
• 2 Chronicles 6:6But now I’ve chosen Jerusalem to be a place for my name; I’ve chosen David to rule my people Israel.’
• Deuteronomy 26:2take some of the first produce harvested from the fields in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket. Then go to the place where the Lord your God will choose for his name to live.
• Colossians 2:9All of God lives in Christ’s body,
• Daniel 6:10When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went to his house. An upper room in his house had windows that opened in the direction of Jerusalem. Three times each day he got down on his knees and prayed to his God. He had always praised God this way.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:20

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-39Verses 1-39 Compare Kings (marginal references). Compare Kings (marginal references).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 18-2118-21. how much less this house which I have built! Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant--No person who entertains just and exalted views of the spiritual nature of the Divine Being will suppose that he can raise a temple for the habitation of Deity, as a man builds a house for himself. Nearly as improper and inadmissible is the idea that a temple can contribute to enhance the glory of God, as a monument may be raised in honor of a great…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