2 Chronicles 6:39

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“then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.”

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BSBPD

“then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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 · Public Domain
YLTPD

“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.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 6:39 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:35then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
  2. Psalms 25:18Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
  3. Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
  4. Psalms 85:3You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.
  5. Jeremiah 50:34Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
  6. Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  7. Zechariah 1:15but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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