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2 Chronicles 6:20

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

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ASV

that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

KJV

That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לִהְיוֹת֩lih.yOtto beH1961 →
עֵינֶ֨יךָ'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869 →
פְתֻח֜וֹתfe.tu.ChotopenH6605 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
יוֹמָ֣םyo.Mamby dayH3119 →
וָלַ֔יְלָהva.Lay.lahand nightH3915 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַ֨מָּק֔וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhereH834 →
אָמַ֔רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou have saidH559 →
לָשׂ֥וּםla.Sumto putH7760 →
שִׁמְךָ֖shim.Khaname yourH8034 →
שָׁ֑םShamthereH8033 →
לִשְׁמ֙וֹעַ֙lish.Mo.a'to listenH8085 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַתְּפִלָּ֔הha.te.fi.Lahthe prayerH8605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יִתְפַּלֵּ֣לyit.pa.Lelhe will prayH6419 →
עַבְדְּךָ֔'av.de.Khaservant yourH5650 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725 →
הַזֶּֽה׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →

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2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.2 Chronicles 20:9‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’2 Chronicles 7:16For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.1 Kings 8:29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.Psalms 121:5The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.2 Chronicles 6:6But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.Deuteronomy 26:2you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.1 Kings 8:29–30May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”2 Kings 19:16Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.Colossians 2:9For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.Zechariah 12:4On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.

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