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2 Chronicles 6:37

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and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;

KJV

Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

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Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

If they bethink themselves - “If thy fear should return into their hearts.” - Targum. The whole of this prayer is amply considered in the parallel place, 1 Kings 8:22-53 (note), where see the notes.

This site's exposition

When they sin against You

on 2 Chronicles 6:36-39

The seventh petition states what the others leave unsaid, “for there is no one who does not sin”. The captives are asked to come to their senses, confess “We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly”. The Chronicler wrote after the exile this petition describes.

This site's exposition

come to their senses

The Targum, quoted by Clarke, renders the phrase as the return of the fear of God into their hearts. The confession that follows uses three verbs for sin: sinned, done wrong and acted wickedly. Clarke treats the whole prayer at 1 Kings 8:22-53.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But here he declares upon what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not only justify, but magnify, the undertaking. He did it for the glory and honour of God; this was his highest and ultimate end in it. It was for the name of the Lord God of Israel (

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The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙and they will bring back

    veheshivuH7725 →1056 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • לְבָבָ֔םheart their

    levavamH3824 →252 times

  • בָּאָ֖רֶץin the land

    baaretzH776 →2504 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhere

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • נִשְׁבּוּ־they have been taken captive

    nishbu-H7617 →47 times

  • שָׁ֑םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • וְשָׁ֣בוּ׀and they will repent

    veshavuH7725 →1056 times

  • וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּand they will seek favor

    vehitchanenuH2603 →

  • אֵלֶ֗יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • בְּאֶ֤רֶץin [the] land of

    beeretzH776 →2504 times

  • שִׁבְיָם֙captivity their

    shivyamH7628 →49 times

  • לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • חָטָ֥אנוּwe have sinned

    chatanuH2398 →238 times

  • הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּwe have done wrong

    heevinuH5753 →

  • וְרָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃and we have acted wickedly

    verashaenuH7561 →34 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Isaiah 64:6–12Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.3 worksDaniel 9:5–11we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.3 worksLuke 15:17–19Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!3 worksJeremiah 31:18–20I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.3 worksDeuteronomy 4:29–30But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.2 worksJeremiah 3:12–14Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.2 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Job 33:27–28Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.2 worksNehemiah 9:26–30But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.2 worksDeuteronomy 30:1–3“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,2 worksLeviticus 26:40–45But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—2 worksPsalms 106:6We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.2 worksEzra 9:6–7and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.2 worksNehemiah 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.2 works1 Kings 8:47and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’1 works

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Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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