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 Living Translation (NLT)May you watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name. May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.

Context of 2 Chronicles 6:20

18“But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You. How much less this temple which I have built! 19Yet regard the prayer of Your servant and his supplication, O Lord my God, and listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant is praying before You: 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. 21And may You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive. 22“If anyone sins against his neighbor, and is forced to take an oath, and comes and takes an oath before 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 16:9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.”
• 1 Kings 8:29that Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My name shall be there,’ that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place.
• 2 Kings 19:16Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
• Nehemiah 1:6please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry.
• Psalms 121:5The Lord is your keeper; The Lord is your shade at your right hand.
• 2 Chronicles 6:6Yet I have chosen Jerusalem, that My name may be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
• Deuteronomy 26:2that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide.
• Colossians 2:9For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily;
• Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.

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