2 Chronicles 6:39

2 Chronicles 6:39 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
• New International Version (NIV)then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain their cause and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forgive your people who have sinned against you.

Context of 2 Chronicles 6:39

37yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have committed wickedness’; 38and when they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried captive, and pray toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and toward the temple which I have built for Your name: then hear from heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You. 40Now, my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and let Your ears be attentive to the prayer made in this place. 41“Now therefore, Arise, O Lord God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, And let Your saints rejoice in goodness.

2 Chronicles 6:39 word by word

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם֙ וְאֶת־תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ לְעַמְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָֽטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• thou from the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• from thy dwellingיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• placeמָכוֹןmâkôn · foundationH4349
• their prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• and their supplicationsתְּחִנָּהtechinnâh · supplicationH8467
• and maintainעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• their causeמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• and forgiveסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545
• thy peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• which have sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:39

• 2 Chronicles 6:35then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
• Zechariah 1:15I am exceedingly angry with the nations at ease; For I was a little angry, And they helped—but with evil intent.”
• Psalms 25:18Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins.
• Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:39

• 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. 36-39Petition 7: Solomon worried that Israel might be completely exiled, as shown in the last part of his prayer. Israel faced many exiles, but the total destruction of Jerusalem and its temple was the hardest test of faith. Solomon saw the temple as a source of faith; even in a foreign land, people could remember it and pray. Mentioning the land, city, and temple (2 Chronicles 6:38) suggests total destruction, not just partial exile. Even if the temple was…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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 6:39

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Heaven
• Repentance

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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