Verse 22

2 Chronicles 6:22

GOD'S WORD Translation

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22 “If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;

Original Language Text

hebrew

אִם יֶחֱטָ֥א אִישׁ֙ לְ/רֵעֵ֔/הוּ וְ/נָֽשָׁא ב֥/וֹ אָלָ֖ה לְ/הַֽאֲלֹת֑/וֹ וּ/בָ֗א אָלָ֛ה לִ/פְנֵ֥י מִֽזְבַּחֲ/ךָ֖ בַּ/בַּ֥יִת הַ/זֶּֽה

English Translation

If a man sins against his neighbor and swears an oath against him, and the oath comes before your altar in this house.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. Focus ↗

2 But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.” Focus ↗

3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel sto... Focus ↗

4 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father... Focus ↗

5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tri... Focus ↗

6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my... Focus ↗

7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God (Elohim)... Focus ↗

8 But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you... Focus ↗

9 nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son who will come out of your body, he shall bu... Focus ↗

10 “Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, a... Focus ↗

11 There I have set the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel.”... Focus ↗

12 He stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his han... Focus ↗

13 (for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, and three cubits hi... Focus ↗

14 and he said, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no God (Elohim) like you in heaven or on... Focus ↗

15 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with you... Focus ↗

16 “Now therefore, Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that whic... Focus ↗

17 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to you... Focus ↗

18 “But will God (Elohim) indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens... Focus ↗

19 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God (Elohim), to... Focus ↗

20 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have sai... Focus ↗

21 Listen to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place... Focus ↗

22 “If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes...

23 then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring hi... Focus ↗

24 “If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and th... Focus ↗

25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land w... Focus ↗

26 “When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray t... Focus ↗

27 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants of your people Israel, when you teach them... Focus ↗

28 “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or cat... Focus ↗

29 whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each kno... Focus ↗

30 then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his... Focus ↗

31 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our... Focus ↗

32 “Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far count... Focus ↗

33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner cal... Focus ↗

34 “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray... Focus ↗

35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. Focus ↗

36 “If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and del... Focus ↗

37 yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and mak... Focus ↗

38 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, w... Focus ↗

39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain... Focus ↗

40 “Now, my God (Elohim), let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the pra... Focus ↗

41 “Now therefore arise, Yahweh God (Elohim), into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strengt... Focus ↗

42 “Yahweh God (Elohim), don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 6 (42 verses)
Version: GOD'S WORD Translation

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