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2 Chronicles 6:38

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) 2 Chronicles 6:38 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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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:
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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    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:
  • King James Version Public Domain
    If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and they turn to you with all their heart and with all their being in the land of their captivity, where they took them captive, and they pray toward the way of their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city that you chose, and toward the house that I have built for your name,

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
    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:
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,
  • King James Version Public Domain
    If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    If they turne againe to thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the land of their captiuitie, whither they haue caryed them captiues, and pray toward their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, and toward the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I haue built for thy Name,
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    And return to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, to which they were led away, and adore thee towards the way of their own land which thou gavest their fathers, and of the city, which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built to thy name:
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name:
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    indeed, they have turned back to You with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, to where they have taken them captive, and they have prayed [in] the way of their land that You have given to their fathers, and of the city that You have chosen, and of the house that I have built for Your Name—
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    Suppose that they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they took them as captives, and suppose that they pray toward their land, which you gave to their ancestors, and toward the city that you chose, and toward the house that I have built for your name.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    and they turn to you with all their heart and with all their being in the land of their captivity, where they took them captive, and they pray toward the way of their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city that you chose, and toward the house that I have built for your name,
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    and if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city that thou hast chosen, and the house that I have built unto thy name;
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken 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;
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray towards their land which thou gavest to their fathers, and towards the city which thou hast chosen, and towards the house which I have built for thy name:
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    and they come back to you with complete sincerity in their thoughts and attitudes there in their land of captivity; and they pray towards the land you gave their forefathers and the city you chose and the Temple I have built to honor you,
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name;

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שִׁבְיָ֖ם
shibyâh
H7633
“captivity · their”
Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
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Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7628

TWOT: 2311c

captivity, captives - (state of) captivity - captives
  1. וְשָׁ֣בוּ shûwb H7725 “and · to return” Conjunction + Verb, Qal, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  2. אֵלֶ֗יךָ ʼêl H413 “to · you” Preposition + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  3. בְּכָל kôl H3605 “in/at · all of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  4. לִבָּם֙ lêb H3820 “heart · their” Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  5. וּבְכָל kôl H3605 “and · in/at · all of” Conjunction + Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  6. נַפְשָׁ֔ם nephesh H5315 “soul · their” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  7. בְּאֶ֥רֶץ ʼerets H776 “in/at · land of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  8. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  9. שָׁב֣וּ shâbâh H7617 “to capture” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  10. אֹתָ֑ם ʼêth H853 “- · them” Particle, Direct Object + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  11. וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ pâlal H6419 “and · to pray” Conjunction + Verb, Hithpael, Sequential Perfect, 3rd Person, Common, Plural
  12. דֶּ֤רֶךְ derek H1870 “way of” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
  13. אַרְצָם֙ ʼerets H776 “land · their” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  14. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  15. נָתַ֣תָּה nâthan H5414 “to give” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  16. לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם ʼâb H1 “to/for · fathers · their” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural
  17. וְהָעִיר֙ ʻîyr H5892 “and · the · city” Conjunction + Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
  18. אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  19. בָּחַ֔רְתָּ bâchar H977 “to choose” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular
  20. וְלַבַּ֖יִת bayith H1004 “and · to/for the · house” Conjunction + Preposition, Determined + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  21. אֲשֶׁר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  22. בָּנִ֥יתִי bânâh H1129 “to build” Verb, Qal, Perfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular
  23. לִשְׁמֶֽךָ shêm H8034 “to/for · name · your” Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular

About this verse

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24
words
19
distinct lemmas
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Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is שִׁבְיָ֖ם captivity H7633 — appearing just 12 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

שִׁבְיָ֖ם captivity H7633 occurs in 12 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

  • 6 verbs
  • 12 nouns
  • 1 preposition
  • 5 particles

Verb forms

  • וְשָׁ֣בוּ Qal · Sequential Perfect
  • שָׁב֣וּ Qal · Perfect
  • וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ Hithpael · Sequential Perfect
  • נָתַ֣תָּה Qal · Perfect
  • בָּחַ֔רְתָּ Qal · Perfect
  • בָּנִ֥יתִי Qal · Perfect

Repetition

Words recur within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • בְּכָל all H3605 ×2
  • בְּאֶ֥רֶץ land H776 ×2
  • אֲשֶׁר which H834 ×4

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 55 words from the Hebrew and 57 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 39 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 6:38 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 30:2–6 and shall return to Yahweh your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
  • 2 Chronicles 6:34 If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
  • 2 Chronicles 33:11–13 Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
  • Jeremiah 29:12–14 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
  • Daniel 6:10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
  • Daniel 9:3–4 I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
  • Hosea 14:1–4 Israel, return to Yahweh your God; For you have fallen because of your sin.
  • Joel 2:12–13 "Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 6:38 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

וְשָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּכָל לִבָּם֙ וּבְכָל נַפְשָׁ֔ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר שָׁב֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ דֶּ֤רֶךְ אַרְצָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם וְהָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתָּ וְלַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר בָּנִ֥יתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ

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:

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Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 6:38 Septuagint · lemma form

καί ἐπιστρέφω πρός σύ ἐν ὅλος καρδία καί ἐν ὅλος ψυχή αὐτός ἐν γῆ αἰχμαλωτεύω αὐτός καί προςεὔχομαι ὁδός γῆ αὐτός ὅς δίδωμι ὁ πατήρ αὐτός καί ὁ πόλις ὅς ἐκλέγω καί ὁ οἶκος ὅς οἰκοδομέω ὁ ὄνομα σύ

and if they shall turn to you with all their heart and all their soul in the land of them that carried them captives, whither they carried them captives, and shall pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you did choose, and the house which I built to your name:—

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 6:38 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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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown

If they return to thee . . . in the land of their captivity . . . and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers--These words gave rise to the favorite usage of the ancient as well as modern Jews, of turning in prayer toward Jerusalem, in whatever quarter of the world they might be, and of directing their faces toward the temple when in Jerusalem itself or in any part of the holy land (Kg1 8:44).

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown — Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(38) In the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives.—Kings, “in the land of their enemies who carried them captives.” The Syriac has, “in the cities of their captors who carried them captive.” Perhaps their captivity is a corruption of their captors; or the relative (’asher), rendered whither, may refer to land, meaning the hostile nation, “in the land of their captivity which carried them captive.”

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

38. If they return] Cp. Lev_26:39-41; Deu_30:1-2 (passages anticipating captivity and also repentance in captivity).

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

Name. Hence arose the custom of turning towards Jerusalem and the temple, when the Jews poured for their supplications, in any country, 3 Kings viii. 44.

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)

that I built for Your name The meaning is: this House, which I built in order to aggrandize Your name, for when You accept their prayer, they will pray to You in this House; wherever they are, they will turn to this, Your House.

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 (19 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is shibyâh (“captivity”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. How does “captivity” (shibyâh) shape what this verse is saying?
  2. How does Deuteronomy 21:11, which shares the word «captivity», read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “all” (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. «וְשָׁ֣בוּ» is a Qal Sequential Perfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Jamieson, Fausset & Brown and Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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