New American Standard Bible 1995
2 Chronicles 6:26
26“When the 1heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them;
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“If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house, 25then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers. “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them; 27then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance. 28“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is,
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
- heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- are shutעָצַר‛âtsar · to restrainH6113
- up and there is noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
- becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
- they have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
- against You, and they prayפָּלַלpâlal · to prayH6419
- towardאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
- placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
- and confessיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
- Your nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
- and turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
- from their sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
- You afflictעָנָה‛ânâh · to afflictH6031
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:26
- Leviticus 26:19I will also break down your pride of power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze.
- Deuteronomy 11:17Or the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 28:23The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron.
- 1 Kings 17:1Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”
- Luke 4:25But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land;
- Isaiah 50:1Thus says the Lord, “Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
- Isaiah 5:6I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it.”
- Ezekiel 14:13“Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, destroy its supply of bread, send famine against it and cut off from it both man and beast,
- Amos 4:4“Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days.
- Revelation 11:6These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.
- Jeremiah 14:1That which came as the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in regard to the drought:
- Joel 1:13Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God.
- Joel 2:15Blow a trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly,
- Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
- Ezekiel 18:27Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12When he was in distress, he entreated the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
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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