2 Chronicles 6:31

31 so that they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.

2 Chronicles 6:31 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
English Standard Version (ESV)
31 that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.
New Living Translation (NLT)
31 Then they will fear you and walk in your ways as long as they live in the land you gave to our ancestors.
The Message Bible (MSG)
31 So they'll live before you in lifelong reverence and believing obedience on this land you gave our ancestors.
American Standard Version (ASV)
31 that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
31 Then, as long as they live in the land that you gave to our ancestors, they will fear you and follow you.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
31 so that they may fear You and walk in Your ways all the days they live on the land You gave our ancestors.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
31 "Your people will have respect for you. They will live the way you want them to. They'll live that way as long as they are in the land you gave our people long ago.

2 Chronicles 6:31 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:31

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:31 In-Context

29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and spreading out their hands toward this temple—
30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),
31 so that they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the land you gave our ancestors.
32 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple,
33 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

Cross References 1

  • 1. S Deuteronomy 6:13; Psalms 34:7,9; Psalms 103:11,13; Proverbs 8:13
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