2 Chronicles 6:19

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Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Yet turn to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer that your servant is praying before you,

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    But haue thou respect to the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to heare the crye and prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    But to this end only it is made, that thou mayest regard the prayer of thy servant and his supplication, O Lord my God: and mayest hear the prayers which thy servant poureth out before thee.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    `And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee,
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    And You have turned to the prayer of Your servant, and to his supplication, O YHWH my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer that Your servant is praying before You,
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Yet please respect this prayer of your servant and his request, Yahweh my God; listen to the cry and prayer that your servant prays before you.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    Yet turn to the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer that your servant is praying before you,
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    Yet have respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, Jehovah, my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken to the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Please listen to the prayer of your servant and his request, Lord my God. Please hear the appeals and the prayers that your servant is presenting before you.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my God, and give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant makes before you;
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Yet have Thou respect unto the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which Thy servant prayeth before Thee;

Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).

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תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ
tᵉchinnâh
H8467
“supplication · his”
Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
Part of Speech
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Singular
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Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H2603

TWOT: 694f

favour, supplication, supplication for favour - favour - supplication for favour
  1. וּפָנִ֜יתָ pânâh H6437 “and · to turn” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  3. תְּפִלַּ֧ת tᵉphillâh H8605 “prayer of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  4. עַבְדְּךָ֛ ʻebed H5650 “servant · your” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  5. וְאֶל ʼêl H413 “and · to” Conjunction + Preposition
  6. יְהוָ֣ה Yᵉhôvâh H3068 “LORD” Noun, Proper
  7. אֱלֹהָ֑י ʼĕlôhîym H430 “God(s) · my” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  8. לִשְׁמֹ֤עַ shâmaʻ H8085 “to hear” Preposition + Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct
  9. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  10. הָרִנָּה֙ rinnâh H7440 “the · cry” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  11. וְאֶל ʼêl H413 “and · to” Conjunction + Preposition
  12. הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה tᵉphillâh H8605 “the · prayer” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  13. אֲשֶׁ֥ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  14. עַבְדְּךָ֖ ʻebed H5650 “servant · your” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  15. מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל pâlal H6419 “praying” Verb, Hithpael, Participle Active, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  16. לְפָנֶֽיךָ pânîym H6440 “to/for · face(s) · your” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular

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17
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12
distinct lemmas
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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ supplication H8467 — appearing just 25 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ supplication H8467 occurs in 24 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 3 verbs
  • 9 nouns
  • 4 prepositions
  • 1 particle

Verb forms

  • וּפָנִ֜יתָ Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • לִשְׁמֹ֤עַ Qal · Infinitive Construct
  • מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל Hithpael · Participle Active

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • תְּפִלַּ֧ת prayer H8605 ×2
  • עַבְדְּךָ֛ servant H5650 ×2
  • אֶל to H413 ×4

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 32 words from the Hebrew and 36 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 17 Hebrew tokens and 30 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:19 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • 1 Kings 8:28 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you this day;
  • Psalms 4:1 Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
  • Psalms 5:1–2 Give ear to my words, Yahweh. Consider my meditation.
  • Psalms 20:1–3 May Yahweh answer you in the day of trouble. May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high,
  • Psalms 74:20 Honor your covenant, For haunts of violence fill the dark places of the earth.
  • Psalms 130:2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
  • Daniel 9:17–19 Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
  • Luke 18:1–7 He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
  • John 17:20 Not for these only do I pray, but for those also who believe in me through their word,

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 6:19 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וּפָנִ֜יתָ אֶל תְּפִלַּ֧ת עַבְדְּךָ֛ וְאֶל תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י לִשְׁמֹ֤עַ אֶל הָרִנָּה֙ וְאֶל הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַבְדְּךָ֖ מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל לְפָנֶֽיךָ

Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 6:19 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἐπιβλέπω ἐπί ὁ προσευχή παῖς σύ καί ἐπί ὁ δέησις ἐγώ κύριος ὁ θεός ὁ ἐπιἀκούω ὁ δέησις καί ὁ προσευχή ὅς ὁ παῖς σύ προςεὔχομαι ἐναντίον σύ σήμερον

Yet you shall have respect to the prayer of your servant, and to my petition, O Lord God, so as to listen to the petition and the prayer which your servant prays before you this day:

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

On this verse, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers discusses the Septuagint’s reading. Read the note in Commentary ↓

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on 2 Chronicles 6:19 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(19) Have respect therefore.—But turn thou unto. The Authorised Version follows the LXX. and Vulg., ἐπιβλέψῃ); “ut respicias.”

Before thee.—Kings adds, “to-day.” So LXX., Syriac, Arabic here.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

19. prayer … and … supplication] “Supplication” as distinguished from “prayer” is prayer for favour.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

End. Temples are erected for the convenience of men. (Calmet) --- Solomon hopes that God will reward his good intentions.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

to the cry - Heb. הָרִנָּה. This is a cry, like (I Kings 22:36): “A cry (הָרִנָּה) passed through the camp.” Perforce, concerning the cry of any man who flees in distress, he will not pray but express his cry in secret. This is the sequence of the verses, and the conclusion of the topic proves it, for he says, “You shall hear from Your abode.” You have thus learned that he built it only with this intention to bring down the Shechinah therein, in order that He dwell on the earth, to hear “from Your abode” the prayer that they will pray therein.

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 17 words (12 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tᵉchinnâh (“supplication”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. What does “supplication” (tᵉchinnâh) contribute to the verse as a whole?
  2. Joshua 11:20 shares the word «supplication» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
  3. “prayer” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. The verb «וּפָנִ֜יתָ» is Qal Sequential Perfect. How does its form color the action?
  6. Reading how Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers and The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

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