2 Chronicles 7:15

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

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קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת

qashshâb

H7183

“attentive”

Adjective, Adjective, Feminine, Plural, Absolute

Appears 5× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at 2 Chronicles 6:40

Full BDB Definition

Origin: from H7181

TWOT: 2084b , 2084c

attentive

About this verse

These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →

9: words
9: distinct lemmas
Historical: section

Notable vocabulary

The rarest word here is קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת attentive H7183 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Hebrew Bible.

Shared distinctive vocabulary

קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת attentive H7183 occurs in 5 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns
1 adjective
1 pronoun
1 adverb

Verb forms

יִהְי֣וּ Qal · Imperfect
פְתֻח֔וֹת Qal · Participle Passive

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 19 words from the Hebrew and 17 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 9 Hebrew tokens and 16 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

Topical passages linked to 2 Chronicles 7:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

1 Peter 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, And his ears open to their prayer; But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."
2 Chronicles 6:40 Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.
2 Chronicles 6:20 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray toward this place.
Nehemiah 1:6 Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned:
Deuteronomy 11:12 a land which Yahweh your God cares for: the eyes of Yahweh your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
Psalms 65:2 You who hear prayer, To you all men will come.
Psalms 130:2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.

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Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew 2 Chronicles 7:15 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

עַתָּ֗ה עֵינַי֙ יִהְי֣וּ פְתֻח֔וֹת וְאָזְנַ֖י קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive, to the prayer that is made in this place.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX 2 Chronicles 7:15 Septuagint · lemma form

νῦν ὁ ὀφθαλμός ἐγώ εἰμί ἀναοἴγω καί ὁ οὖς ἐγώ ἐπήκοος ὁ προσευχή ὁ τόπος οὗτος

And now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

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 7:15 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.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

2Ch 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.

Ver. 15-17, &c. See on 1Ki 9:3-9.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Joseph Benson's Commentary

2Ch 7:15-16. My eyes shall be open, &c., unto the prayer that is made in this place — Or, that shall be made in, or toward, this place; for he speaks of the answers which he would give to the prayers which should afterward be made there. For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, &c. — There will I make myself known, and there will I be called upon.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15. Now mine eyes shall be open] It shall be pleasing to me in the sight of my WORD, that I should incline mine ear," &c. - Targum.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(15) Now mine eyes shall be open.—Comp. 2Ch_6:40, and Notes.

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

15. Now … in this place] Cp. 2Ch_6:40.

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.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prayer that is made in this place - literally, as in the margin. The unsual phrase includes the two cases of prayers offered in 2Ch 6:24 and toward 2Ch 6:34, 2Ch 6:38 the sanctuary.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

Or, that shall be made in or towards this place; for he speaks of the answers which he will give to the prayers which shall be made here. Heb. of this place.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Lesson kit

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2 Chronicles, in the Historical, opens this verse with 9 words (9 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is qashshâb (“attentive”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “attentive” (qashshâb) contribute to the verse as a whole?
How does 2 Chronicles 6:40, which shares the word «attentive», read alongside this verse?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
«יִהְי֣וּ» is a Qal Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
Compare how Trapp's Complete Commentary and Joseph Benson's Commentary read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

Things to notice

This verse counts 9 Hebrew ↔ 16 Greek words.
These translations choose different wording for 6 words in this verse.
9 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 9 words in this verse.