11 translations · Hebrew
2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- KJV King James Version
- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- ASV American Standard Version
- if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- and My people on whom My Name is called are humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- and if my people who are called by my name humble themselves and pray and return to me, and turn away from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sins, and heal their land.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- and My people on whom My name is called be humbled, and pray, and seek My face, and turn back from their evil ways, then I — I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And my people, upon whom my name is called, being converted, shall make supplication to me, and seek out my face, and do penance for their most wicked ways: then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְיִכָּנְע֨וּ | wə·yik·kā·nə·‘ū | humble themselves | H3665 כָּנַע be humble |
| עַמִּ֜י | ‘am·mî | and if My people | H5971 עַם people |
| אֲשֶׁ֧ר | ’ă·šer | who | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| נִֽקְרָא־ | niq·rā- | are called | H7121 קָרָא to call: call to |
| שְׁמִ֣י | šə·mî | My name | H8034 שֵׁם name |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם | ‘ă·lê·hem | by | H5921 עַל upon |
| וְיִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ֙ | wə·yiṯ·pal·lū | and pray | H6419 פָּלַל to pray |
| וִֽיבַקְשׁ֣וּ | wî·ḇaq·šū | and seek | H1245 בָּקַשׁ to seek |
| פָנַ֔י | p̄ā·nay | My face | H6440 פָּנֶה face: before |
| וְיָשֻׁ֖בוּ | wə·yā·šu·ḇū | and turn | H7725 שׁוּב to return: return |
| מִדַּרְכֵיהֶ֣ם | mid·dar·ḵê·hem | ways | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| הָרָעִ֑ים | hā·rā·‘îm | their wicked | H7451 רַע bad: harmful |
| וַאֲנִי֙ | wa·’ă·nî | then I | H589 אֲנִי I |
| אֶשְׁמַ֣ע | ’eš·ma‘ | will hear | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 מִן־ from |
| הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם | haš·šā·ma·yim | from heaven | H8064 שָׁמַיִם heaven |
| וְאֶסְלַח֙ | wə·’es·laḥ | forgive | H5545 סָלַח to forgive |
| לְחַטָּאתָ֔ם | lə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯām | their sin | H2403 חַטָּאָה sin |
| וְאֶרְפָּ֖א | wə·’er·pā | and heal | H7495 רָפָא to heal |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| אַרְצָֽם׃ | ’ar·ṣām | their land | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
Related verses
- Lamentations 3:40–41
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Yahweh. Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
- Isaiah 55:6–7
Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- James 4:9–10
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
- Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
- 2 Chronicles 6:37–39
yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’ if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name; then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
- Deuteronomy 4:29–30
But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God, and listen to his voice.
- Jeremiah 33:6
‘Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal to them abundance of peace and truth.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12–13
When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.
- Ezekiel 33:11
Tell them, ‘“As I live,” says the Lord Yahweh, “I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why will you die, house of Israel?”’
- 2 Chronicles 6:27
then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
12 Yahweh appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, “I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for myself for a house of sacrifice.
13 “If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
15 Now my eyes will be open my ears attentive to prayer that is made in this place.
16 For now I have chosen and made this house holy, that my name may be there forever; and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 7 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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