2 Chronicles 6:40

2 Chronicles 6:40 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
• New International Version (NIV)“Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.

Context of 2 Chronicles 6:40

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: 39then hear from heaven Your dwelling place their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Your people who have sinned against You. Now, 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. 42“O Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your Anointed; Remember the mercies of Your servant David.”

2 Chronicles 6:40 word by word

עַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֗י יִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ פְּתֻח֔וֹת וְאָזְנֶ֖יךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Now, my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• let, I beseech thee, thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• be openפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• thine earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• attentקַשֻּׁבqashshâb qashshûb · attentiveH7183
• unto the prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• in this placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 6:40

• Psalms 7:3O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,
• Psalms 13:3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God; Enlighten my eyes, Lest I sleep the sleep of death;
• Psalms 22:1My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me? Why are You so far from helping Me, And from the words of My groaning?
• Psalms 88:1O Lord, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.
• 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place.
• 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 8:52that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You.
• Psalms 34:15The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And His ears are open to their cry.
• Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
• Daniel 9:16“O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.
• Psalms 17:1Hear a just cause, O Lord, Attend to my cry; Give ear to my prayer which is not from deceitful lips.
• Psalms 31:2Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me.
• Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6:40

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 40-42Verses 40-42 In Kings, a different conclusion takes the place of these verses. The document from which both writers copied contained the full prayer of dedication, which each givcs in a somewhat abbreviated form. 2 Chronicles 6:41 Thy resting place - i. e., the holy of holies. Solomon follows closely the words of David his father, spoken probably when he brought the ark into Jerusalem. See the marginal references. 2 Chronicles 6:42 Turn not away the face…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