2 Chronicles 6:40

40 “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 6:40 in Other Translations

KJV
40 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.
ESV
40 Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
NLT
40 “O my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in this place.
MSG
40 And now, dear God, be alert and attentive to prayer, all prayer, offered in this place.
CSB
40 Now, my God, please let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

2 Chronicles 6:40 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:40

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:40 In-Context

38 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the temple I have built for your Name;
39 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.
40 “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
41 “Now arise, LORD God, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. May your priests, LORD God, be clothed with salvation, may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.
42 LORD God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”

Cross References 1

  • 1. S 1 Kings 8:29,52; 2 Chronicles 7:15; Nehemiah 1:6,11; Psalms 17:1,6; Psalms 116:1; Psalms 130:2; Isaiah 37:17
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