New English Translation
2 Chronicles 6:29
29When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their intense pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
- New International Version (NIV)and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple—
- English Standard Version (ESV)whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by any man or by all your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house,
- New King James Version (NKJV)whatever prayer, whatever supplication is made by anyone, or by all Your people Israel, when each one knows his own burden and his own grief, and spreads out his hands to this temple:
Context of 2 Chronicles 6:29
27then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. 28“The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight, and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their intense pain and spread out their hands toward this temple, 30then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 31Then they will honor you by obeying you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 62 Chronicles 6:29 word by word
כָּל־תְּפִלָּ֣ה כָל־תְּחִנָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִהְיֶה֙ לְכָל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל עַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵדְע֗וּ אִ֤ישׁ נִגְעוֹ֙ וּמַכְאֹב֔וֹ וּפָרַ֥שׂ כַּפָּ֖יו אֶל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- what prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
- what supplicationתְּחִנָּהtechinnâh · supplicationH8467
- soever shall be made of any manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
- or of all thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- when every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- shall knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- his own soreנֶ֫גַעnega‛ · plagueH5061
- and his own griefמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
- and shall spread forthפָּרַשׂpâraώ · to spreadH6566
- his handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
- in this houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:29
- Psalms 33:12How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
- Psalms 50:15Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
- Psalms 91:15When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
- Psalms 32:2How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Psalms 142:1To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy.
- Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.
- 2 Chronicles 6:12He stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.
- Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:29
- 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. 28-31Petition 4: Solomon showed a special sensitivity to human suffering. He included both the private sorrow of those whose pain is hidden and the public distress of those whose pain is obvious. The prayer is personal, asking for God's understanding of each person's motives. It also asks for God's guidance so that the pain of failure might encourage the individual to follow God's ways in the future.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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