2 Chronicles 6:21-23

New International Version

²¹Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.^(A)

²²“When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath^(B) and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple, ²³then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning^(C) the guilty and bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

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2 Chronicles 6:21-23

King James Version

²¹Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

²²If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

²³Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

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2 Chronicles 6:21-23

New King James Version

²¹And may You hear the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and when You hear, ^(A)forgive.

²²“If anyone sins against his neighbor, and is forced to take an ^(B)oath, and comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this temple, ²³then hear from heaven, and act, and judge Your servants, bringing retribution on the wicked by bringing his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his ^(C)righteousness.

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2 Chronicles 6:21-23

New American Standard Bible

²¹Listen to the pleadings of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; ^(A)hear and forgive.

²²“If someone sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, ²³then hear from heaven and take action and judge Your servants, ^[a]^(B)punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous by ^[b]repaying him according to his righteousness.

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Footnotes

2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit returning
2 Chronicles 6:23 Lit giving

2 Chronicles 6:21-23

English Standard Version

²¹And listen to the pleas of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen from heaven your dwelling place, ^(A)and when you hear, forgive.

²²“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears his oath before your altar in this house, ²³then hear from heaven and act and judge your servants, repaying the guilty by bringing his conduct on his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

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