God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 7:15
15My eyes will be open, and my ears will pay attention to those prayers at 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.
Context of 2 Chronicles 7:15
13I may shut the sky so that there is no rain, or command grasshoppers to devour the countryside, or send an epidemic among my people. 14However, if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, search for me, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear ⌞their prayer⌟ from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their country. My eyes will be open, and my ears will pay attention to those prayers at this place. 16I have chosen and declared this temple holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. 17“If you will be faithful to me as your father David was, do everything I command, and obey my laws and 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:15
- 2 Chronicles 6:20Day 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.
- Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land the Lord your God cares about. He watches over it all year long.
- 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 65:2You are the one who hears prayers. Everyone will come to you.
- Psalms 130:2O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be open to my pleas for mercy.
- 1 Peter 3:12The Lord’s eyes are on those who do what he approves. His ears hear their prayer. The Lord confronts those who do evil.”
- 2 Chronicles 6:40“Finally, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers ⌞offered⌟ in 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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