2 Chronicles 6:39

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications. Uphold their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    then hear{H8085} thou from heaven,{H8064} even from thy dwelling -{H3427} place,{H4349} their prayer{H8605} and their supplications,{H8467} and maintain{H6213} their cause,{H4941} and forgive{H5545} thy people{H5971} who have sinned{H2398} against thee.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Then hear{H8085}{(H8804)} thou from the heavens{H8064}, even from thy dwelling{H3427}{(H8800)} place{H4349}, their prayer{H8605} and their supplications{H8467}, and maintain{H6213}{(H8804)} their cause{H4941}, and forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} thy people{H5971} which have sinned{H2398}{(H8804)} against thee.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    then heare thou their prayer and supplicacion from heauen, euen from the seate of thy dwellynge, and helpe them to their righte, and be mercifull vnto thy people that haue synned agaynst the.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Then heare thou in heauen, in the place of thine habitation their prayer and their supplication, and iudge their cause, and be mercifull vnto thy people, which haue sinned against thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Then heare thou from heauen, euen from thy dwelling place, their supplication and their prayer, and iudge their cause, and be mercifull vnto thy people which haue sinned against thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people who have sinned against thee.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help, vindicate them, and forgive your sinful people.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 6:35 : 35 Then hear from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
  • Ps 25:18 : 18 Look on my affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins.
  • Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
  • Zech 1:15-16 : 15 And I am very displeased with the nations at ease; for I was a little angry, and they helped forward the affliction. 16 Therefore thus says the LORD: I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 8:43-50
    8 verses
    91%

    43 Hear in heaven your dwelling place, and act according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name.

    44 If your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever you shall send them, and shall pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name:

    45 Then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

    46 If they sin against you, (for there is no man that does not sin,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives to the land of the enemy, far or near;

    47 Yet if they shall come to themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;

    48 And so return to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:

    49 Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause,

    50 And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

  • 2 Chr 6:29-38
    10 verses
    90%

    29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, when everyone knows his own plague and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

    30 Then hear from heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you only know the hearts of the children of men:)

    31 That they may fear you, to walk in your ways, as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.

    32 Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, but has come from a far country for your great name's sake, and your mighty hand, and your stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;

    33 Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all people of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.

    34 If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;

    35 Then hear from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

    36 If they sin against you, (for there is no man who does not sin,) and you are angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;

    37 Yet if they come to themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn and pray to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have dealt wickedly;

    38 If 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, and toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name:

  • 2 Chr 6:23-27
    5 verses
    89%

    23 Then hear from heaven, and act, and judge your servants, by recompensing the wicked, by bringing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

    24 And if your people Israel be defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall return and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;

    25 Then hear from the heavens, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

    26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them;

    27 Then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you have taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

  • 2 Chr 6:19-21
    3 verses
    88%

    19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which your servant prays before you:

    20 That your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place.

    21 Listen therefore to the supplications of your servant, and of your people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven, and when you hear, forgive.

  • 1 Kgs 8:32-36
    5 verses
    86%

    32 Then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

    33 When your people Israel are defeated before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray, and make supplication to you in this house:

    34 Then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again into the land which you gave to their fathers.

    35 When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them:

    36 Then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, that you teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.

  • 1 Kgs 8:28-30
    3 verses
    85%

    28 Yet have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you today:

    29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.

    30 And listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear in heaven your dwelling place: and when you hear, forgive.

  • 2 Chr 6:40
    84%

    40 Now, my God, I beseech you, let your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

  • Neh 1:5-6
    2 verses
    80%

    5 And said, I beg you, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy for those that love Him and observe His commandments:

    6 Let Your ear now 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 I and my father's house have sinned.

  • 1 Kgs 8:38-39
    2 verses
    79%

    38 Whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each know the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:

    39 Then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)

  • 2 Chr 7:14-15
    2 verses
    76%

    14 If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

    15 Now My eyes shall be open, and My ears attentive to the prayer made in this place.

  • Dan 9:16-20
    5 verses
    76%

    16 O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I plead with You, 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 have become a reproach to all around us.

    17 Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.

    18 O my God, incline Your ear, and hear; open Your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name: for we do not present our supplications before You for our righteousness, but for Your great mercies.

    19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and act; do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God: for Your city and Your people are called by Your name.

    20 And while I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;

  • 1 Kgs 8:52
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    52 That your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all that they call for to you.

  • 2 Chr 20:9
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    9 If disaster comes upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and in Your presence (for Your name is in this house) and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save us.

  • 1 Kgs 8:59
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    59 And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require:

  • 2 Chr 30:27
    73%

    27 Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to His holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.