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2 Chronicles 6:27

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 6:27 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and 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.
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and 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.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    then you yourself hear in the heavens and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, for you teach them the good way in which they should walk in it. And give rain on your land, which you gave to your people for a possession.

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
    then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and 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.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Then heare thou in heauen, and pardon the sinne of thy seruants, and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught them the good way wherein they may walke) and giue rayne vpon thy lande, which thou hast giuen vnto thy people for an inheritance.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Then hear thou from heaven, O Lord, and forgive the sine of thy servants and of thy people Israel, and teach them the good way, in which they may walk: and give rain to thy land which thou hast given to thy people to possess.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    then You hear in the heavens, and have forgiven the sin of Your servants, and of Your people Israel, because You direct them to the good way in which they walk, and have given rain on Your land that You have given to Your people for an inheritance.
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel, when you direct them to the good way in which they should walk. Send rain on your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    then you yourself hear in the heavens and forgive the sin of your servants and your people Israel, for you teach them the good way in which they should walk in it. And give rain on your land, which you gave to your people for a possession.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    then hear thou in the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, 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.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way so that they can follow it, and please send rain on the land that you have given to your people to own.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    then hear Thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, when Thou dost direct them on the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

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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מָטָר֙
mâṭar
H4306
“rain”
Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H4305

TWOT: 1187a

rain
  1. וְאַתָּ֣ה ʼattâh H859 “and · you” Conjunction + Pronoun, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  2. תִּשְׁמַ֣ע shâmaʻ H8085 “to hear” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם shâmayim H8064 “the · heaven(s)” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute
  4. וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ çâlach H5545 “and · to forgive” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  5. לְחַטַּ֤את chaṭṭâʼâh H2403 “to/for · sin offering of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  6. עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ֙ ʻebed H5650 “servants · your” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  7. וְעַמְּךָ֣ ʻam H5971 “and · people · your” Conjunction + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  8. יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yisrâʼêl H3478 “Israel” Noun, Proper
  9. כִּ֥י kîy H3588 “that” Conjunction
  10. תוֹרֵ֛ם yârâh H3384 “to throw · them” Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  11. אֶל ʼêl H413 “to” Preposition
  12. הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ derek H1870 “the · way” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Absolute
  13. הַטּוֹבָ֖ה ṭôwb H2896 “the · good” Particle, Definite Article + Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  14. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  15. יֵֽלְכוּ yâlak H3212 “to walk” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  17. וְנָתַתָּ֤ה nâthan H5414 “and · to give” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  18. עַֽל ʻal H5921 “upon” Preposition
  19. אַרְצְךָ֔ ʼerets H776 “land · your” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  20. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  21. נָתַ֥תָּה nâthan H5414 “to give” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  22. לְעַמְּךָ֖ ʻam H5971 “to/for · people · your” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  23. לְנַחֲלָֽה nachălâh H5159 “to/for · inheritance” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute

About this verse

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24
words
20
distinct lemmas
Historical
section

Shared distinctive vocabulary

מָטָר֙ rain H4306 occurs in 36 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 6 verbs
  • 10 nouns
  • 1 adjective
  • 1 pronoun
  • 3 prepositions
  • 1 conjunction
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • תִּשְׁמַ֣ע Qal · Imperfect
  • וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • תוֹרֵ֛ם Hiphil · Imperfect
  • יֵֽלְכוּ Qal · Imperfect
  • וְנָתַתָּ֤ה Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • נָתַ֥תָּה Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • וְעַמְּךָ֣ people H5971 ×2
  • וְנָתַתָּ֤ה to give H5414 ×2
  • אֲשֶׁ֣ר which H834 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 44 words from the Hebrew and 52 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 24 Hebrew tokens and 45 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.

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Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:27 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 8:35–36 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
  • Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, And teach out of your law;
  • Jeremiah 5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Yahweh our God, who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; who preserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
  • Zechariah 10:1 Ask of Yahweh rain in the spring time, Yahweh who makes storm clouds, And he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
  • 1 Kings 18:40–45 and Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; don't let one of them escape. They took them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and killed them there.
  • Job 37:11–14 Yes, he loads the thick cloud with moisture. He spreads abroad the cloud of his lightning.
  • Psalms 25:4–5 Show me your ways, Yahweh. Teach me your paths.
  • Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is Yahweh, Therefore he will instruct sinners in the way.
  • Psalms 25:12 What man is he who fears Yahweh? He shall instruct him in the way that he shall choose.
  • Psalms 68:9 You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.
  • Psalms 119:33 Teach me, Yahweh, the way of your statutes. I will keep them to the end.
  • Isaiah 30:21 and your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it; when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left.
  • Jeremiah 6:16 Thus says Yahweh, Stand you in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way; and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls: but they said, We will not walk [therein].
  • Jeremiah 14:22 Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the sky give showers? Aren't you he, Yahweh our God? therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.
  • Jeremiah 42:3 that Yahweh your God may show us the way in which we should walk, and the thing that we should do.
  • Ezekiel 34:26 I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in its season; there shall be showers of blessing.
  • Hosea 2:21–22 It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the earth;
  • Joel 2:23 "Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in Yahweh, your God; For he gives you the former rain in just measure, And he causes the rain to come down for you, The former rain and the latter rain, As before.
  • Micah 4:2 Many nations will go and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, And to the house of the God of Jacob; And he will teach us of his ways, And we will walk in his paths." For out of Zion will go forth the law, And the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem;
  • John 6:45 It is written in the prophets, 'They will all be taught by God.' Therefore everyone who hears from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.
  • James 5:17–18 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 6:27 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְאַתָּ֣ה תִּשְׁמַ֣ע הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ לְחַטַּ֤את עֲבָדֶ֨יךָ֙ וְעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י תוֹרֵ֛ם אֶל הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵֽלְכוּ בָ֑הּ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה מָטָר֙ עַֽל אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר נָתַ֥תָּה לְעַמְּךָ֖ לְנַחֲלָֽה

then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and 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.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 6:27 Septuagint · lemma form

καί σύ εἰςἀκούω ἐκ ὁ οὐρανός καί ἵλεως εἰμί ὁ ἁμαρτία ὁ παῖς σύ καί ὁ λαός σύ ἰσραήλ ὅτι δηλόω αὐτός ὁ ὁδός ὁ ἀγαθός ἐν ὅς πορεύομαι ἐν αὐτός καί δίδωμι ὑετός ἐπί ὁ γῆ σύ ὅς δίδωμι ὁ λαός σύ εἰς κληρονομία

then shall you listen from heaven, and you shall be merciful to the sins of your servants, and of your people Israel; for you shall show them the good way in which they shall walk; and you shall send rain upon your land, which you gave to your people for an inheritance.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

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 6:27 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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Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ch 6:27. When thou hast taught them the good way — Or, seeing thou hast taught them the good way, or instructed them in the knowledge of thyself, and of the worship and service in which thou delightest.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(27) Then hear thou from heaven.—Rather, (to) heaven or (in) heaven, as in Kings. (Comp. Note on 2Ch_6:23.) The versions read “from heaven.”

When thou . . . way.—For thou pointest them to the good way. A construction only found here. Comp. Psa_27:11, where we see the simple accusation as in Kings, which is probably right here also, ’el (to) being an error for ’eth (so the versions). Making this change, the verse coincides with 1Ki_8:36.

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

The Pulpit Commentary

When thou hast taught them; rather, when thou art guiding them to the right way.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Rashi

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)

for You will teach them the good way as You did when there was a famine in David’s time for three years (II Sam. 21:1), and You taught them and said to them, “(It is) for Saul and (also) for his bloody house.” Likewise, so shall You teach them which sin causes them [their distress], for what reason the heaven was shut up.

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.

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 24 words (20 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is mâṭar (“rain”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “rain” (mâṭar) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does Exodus 9:33, which shares the word «rain», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “people” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
  5. «תִּשְׁמַ֣ע» is a Qal Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Joseph Benson's Commentary and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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