Verse 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;

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Når himmelen er stengt, og det ikke faller regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, og de ber mot dette stedet og bekjenner ditt navn, og omvender seg fra sin synd etter at du har ydmyket dem,

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Når himmelen er lukket, og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, hvis de ber mot dette sted, og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd når du har tukten dem,

• Norsk King James

  Når himmelen er stengt og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg, men hvis de ber mot dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og vender seg bort fra sin synd når du straffer dem,

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Når himmelen er lukket, og det ikke kommer regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, og de ber mot dette sted og bekjenner ditt navn, og omvender seg fra sin synd når du plager dem,

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Når himmelen er lukket og det ikke regner fordi de har syndet mot deg, og de ber mot dette hus og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd når du plager dem,

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Når himmelen lukkes og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, men de ber mot dette stedet og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd når du plager dem,

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  «Når himmelen har vært forseglet og det ikke kommer regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, men de likevel ber til dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sine synder mens du straffer dem;

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Når himmelen lukkes og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, men de ber mot dette stedet og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd når du plager dem,

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Når himmelen lukkes, så det ikke kommer regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg, og de ber, vendt mot dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd, fordi du har ydmyket dem,

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place, confess Your name, and turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "2 Chronicles.6.26", "source": "בְּהֵעָצֵ֧ר הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֥ה מָטָ֖ר כִּ֣י יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־לָ֑ךְ וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֞וּ אֶל־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ וְהוֹד֣וּ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ מֵחַטָּאתָ֥ם יְשׁוּב֖וּן כִּ֥י תַעֲנֵֽם׃", "text": "In-*bəhēʿāṣēr* *haššāmayim* and-not-*yihyeh* *māṭār* because *yeḥeṭʾû*-to-you, and-*hiṯpallǝlû* to-*hammāqôm* *hazzeh* and-*hôḏû* *ʾeṯ*-*šəmeḵā*; from-*ḥaṭṭāʾṯām* *yəšûḇûn* because *ṯaʿănēm*.", "grammar": { "*bəhēʿāṣēr*": "infinitive construct, niphal with preposition - when shutting up, restraining", "*haššāmayim*": "noun, masculine plural with definite article - the heavens", "*yihyeh*": "imperfect, qal, 3rd person masculine singular - there will be", "*māṭār*": "noun, masculine singular - rain", "*yeḥeṭʾû*": "imperfect, qal, 3rd person masculine plural - they will sin", "*hiṯpallǝlû*": "perfect, hitpael, 3rd person common plural - they have prayed", "*hammāqôm*": "noun, masculine singular with definite article - the place", "*hazzeh*": "demonstrative adjective, masculine singular - this", "*hôḏû*": "perfect, hiphil, 3rd person common plural - they have confessed", "*šəmeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your name", "*ḥaṭṭāʾṯām*": "noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their sin", "*yəšûḇûn*": "imperfect, qal, 3rd person masculine plural with paragogic nun - they will return", "*ṯaʿănēm*": "imperfect, hiphil, 2nd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - you will afflict them" }, "variants": { "*bəhēʿāṣēr*": "to shut up, restrain, withhold", "*yihyeh*": "there will be, will happen, will occur", "*māṭār*": "rain, rainfall, precipitation", "*yeḥeṭʾû*": "sin, miss the mark, offend", "*hiṯpallǝlû*": "pray, intercede, plead", "*hôḏû*": "confess, acknowledge, give thanks", "*ḥaṭṭāʾṯām*": "their sin, transgression, offense", "*yəšûḇûn*": "return, turn back, repent", "*ṯaʿănēm*": "you will afflict them, humble them, answer them" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Når himmelen lukkes og det ikke er regn fordi de har syndet mot deg, hvis de ber mot dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd når du tukter dem,

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Naar Himmelen bliver tillukket, og der vorder ikke Regn, fordi de have syndet imod dig, og de (da) bede paa dette Sted og bekjende dit Navn, og omvende sig fra deres Synd, naar du plager dem,

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Når himmelen lukkes og det ikke regner fordi de har syndet mot deg, men de ber mot dette stedet, bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sine synder når du straffer dem,

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Når himmelen er lukket, og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber mot dette sted, og bekjenner ditt navn, og vender seg bort fra sin synd, når du plager dem,

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Når himmelen lukkes, så det ikke er noe regn fordi de synder mot deg, og de ber mot dette sted og bekjenner ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd når du plager dem,

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Når himmelen lukkes, og det ikke regner, fordi de har syndet mot deg; hvis de ber mot dette stedet, og bekjenner ditt navn, og vender seg fra sin synd, når du plager dem;

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Når himmelen lukkes og det ikke er regn, fordi de har syndet mot deg, men de vender seg mot dette stedet, priser ditt navn og vender om fra sin synd når du plager dem,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Whan the heauen is shut vp, so that it rayne not (for so moch as they haue synned agaynst the) and yf they make their prayer in this place, and knowlege thy name, and turne from their synnes (whan thou hast brought them lowe)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  When heauen shall be shut vp, and there shalbe no rayne, because they haue sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place, and confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When heauen is shut vp, and there be no rayne, because they haue sinned against thee: yet if they pray in this place, and confesse thy name, and repent from their sinne for the which thou chastenest them:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; [yet] if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  When the sky 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 do afflict them:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name -- from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  When the heavens are shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

• World English Bible (2000)

  "When the sky 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:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  “The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:19 : 19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as bronze:
• Deut 11:17 : 17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and He shuts up the heaven, so there is no rain, and the land yields no fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.
• Deut 28:23 : 23 And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
• 1 Kgs 17:1-9 : 1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was one of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain for these years, except by my word. 2 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 3 Get yourself away from here, and turn eastward, and hide by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 4 And it will be that you shall drink from the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. 5 So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook. 7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. 8 And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 9 Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow there to sustain you. 10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow was there gathering sticks: and he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. 11 And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Please, bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. 12 And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but only a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. 13 And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make a little cake for me first, and bring it to me, and afterward, make some for you and your son. 14 For thus says the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, nor shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain upon the earth. 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her household, ate many days. 16 And the barrel of meal did not waste, nor did the jar of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Elijah. 17 And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to remind me of my sin, and to kill my son?
• 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he was in distress, he sought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 And he prayed to him, and he was entreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God.
• Prov 28:13 : 13 He who covers his sins shall not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
• Isa 5:6 : 6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dug; but briers and thorns shall come up: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
• Isa 50:1-2 : 1 Thus says the LORD, Where is the certificate of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions your mother is put away. 2 Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stink because there is no water and die for thirst.
• Jer 14:1-9 : 1 The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. 2 Judah mourns, and its gates languish; they are in mourning on the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem has gone up. 3 And their nobles have sent their little ones to the water; they came to the wells and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. 4 Because the ground is cracked, for there was no rain on the earth, the farmers were ashamed, they covered their heads. 5 Even the deer gave birth in the field, and abandoned it, because there was no grass. 6 And the wild donkeys stood on the high places, they sniffed the wind like jackals; their eyes failed because there was no grass. 7 O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, act for Your name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You. 8 O Hope of Israel, its Savior in time of trouble, why should You be as a stranger in the land, and as a traveler who turns aside to stay for a night? 9 Why should You be as a man astonished, as a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You, O LORD, are in the midst of us, and we are called by Your name; do not leave us.
• Ezek 14:13 : 13 Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand upon it and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it;
• Ezek 18:27-32 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 29 Yet says the house of Israel, ‘The way of the Lord is not equal.’ O house of Israel, are not My ways equal? Are not your ways unequal? 30 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel? 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord GOD: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
• Hos 5:15-6:1 : 15 I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly. 1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck us, and he will bind us up.
• Joel 1:13-20 : 13 Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the grain offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. 14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come. 16 Is not the food cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? 17 The seed shrivels under their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the barns are broken down; for the grain is withered. 18 How the animals groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. 19 O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. 20 The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
• Joel 2:15-17 : 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those who nurse at the breast. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her room. 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
• Amos 4:4-9 : 4 Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgressions; bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes every three years: 5 And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this pleases you, O children of Israel, says the Lord GOD. 6 And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD. 7 And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were still three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece where it did not rain withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered to one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD. 9 I have struck you with blight and mildew: when your gardens, your vineyards, your fig trees, and your olive trees increased, the locust devoured them: yet you have not returned to me, says the LORD.
• Luke 4:25 : 25 But I tell you the truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine swept throughout all the land;
• Rev 11:6 : 6 These have power to shut heaven, that it does not rain in the days of their prophecy; and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.