God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 6:26
26“When the sky is shut and there’s no rain because they are sinning against you and they pray toward this place, praise your name, and turn away from their sin because you made them suffer,
2 Chronicles 6:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
- New International Version (NIV)“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"When heaven is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and acknowledge your name and turn from their sin, when you afflict them,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, when they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin because You afflict them,
Context of 2 Chronicles 6:26
24“An enemy may defeat your people Israel because they have sinned against you. But when your people turn, praise your name, pray, and plead with you in this temple, 25then hear ⌞them⌟ in heaven, forgive the sins of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land that you gave to them and their ancestors. “When the sky is shut and there’s no rain because they are sinning against you and they pray toward this place, praise your name, and turn away from their sin because you made them suffer, 27then hear ⌞them⌟ in heaven. Forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the proper way to live. Then send rain on the land, which you gave to your people as an inheritance. 28“There may be famine in the land. Plant diseases, heat waves, funguses, locusts, or grasshoppers may destroy crops. Enemies may blockade Israel’s city gates. During every plague or sickness
Read all of 2 Chronicles 62 Chronicles 6:26 word by word
בְּהֵעָצֵ֧ר הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה מָטָ֖ר כִּ֣י יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־לָ֑ךְ וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֞וּ אֶל־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ וְהוֹד֣וּ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ מֵחַטָּאתָ֥ם יְשׁוּב֖וּן כִּ֥י תַעֲנֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- When the heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- is shut upעָצַר‛âtsar · to restrainH6113
- and there is no rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
- because they have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
- if they prayפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
- toward this placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- and confessיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
- thy nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- and turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
- from their sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- when thou dost afflictעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:26
- Leviticus 26:19I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement.
- Deuteronomy 11:17The Lord will become angry with you. He’ll shut the sky so that there’ll be no rain. Then the ground won’t grow any crops, and you’ll quickly disappear from this good land the Lord is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 28:23The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.
- 1 Kings 17:1Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so.”
- Luke 4:25“I can guarantee this truth: There were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time. It had not rained for three-and-a-half years, and the famine was severe everywhere in the country.
- Isaiah 50:1This is what the Lord says: Where are your mother’s divorce papers? Did I give her any to get rid of her? To which of my creditors did I sell you? You were sold because of your sins. I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland. It will never be pruned or hoed. Thorns and weeds will grow in it, and I will command the clouds not to rain on it.
- Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful to me. I will use my power against it, cut off its food supply, send a famine to it, and destroy its people and animals.
- Amos 4:4Go to Bethel and sin. Go to Gilgal and sin even more. Bring your sacrifices every morning. Bring a tenth of your income every three days.
- Revelation 11:6These witnesses have authority to shut the sky in order to keep rain from falling during the time they speak what God has revealed. They have authority to turn water into blood and to strike the earth with any plague as often as they want.
- Jeremiah 14:1The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah about the drought.
- Joel 1:13Put on your sackcloth and mourn, you priests. Cry loudly, you servants of the altar. Spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God. Grain offerings and wine offerings are withheld from your God’s temple.
- Joel 2:15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion. Schedule a time to fast. Call for an assembly.
- Proverbs 28:13Whoever covers over his sins does not prosper. Whoever confesses and abandons them receives compassion.
- Ezekiel 18:27When a wicked person turns away from the wicked things that he has done and does what is fair and right, he will live.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12When he experienced this distress, he begged the Lord his God to be kind and humbled himself in front of the God of his ancestors.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:26
- 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. 26-27Petition 3: Solomon asked God to guide his people to follow the right path. He wanted to ensure that sin would not stop God's blessing of rain for the land.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
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