2 Chronicles 6:27
Context6:27 then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly 1 you will then teach them the right way to live 2 and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. 3
2 Chronicles 6:30
Context6:30 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, 4 and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. 5 (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) 6
2 Chronicles 6:39
Context6:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help, 7 vindicate them, 8 and forgive your sinful people.
1 tn The present translation understands כִּי (ki) in an emphatic or asseverative sense (“Certainly”). Other translation have “indeed” (NASB), “when” (NRSV), “so” (NEB), or leave the word untranslated (NIV).
2 tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”
3 tn Or “for an inheritance.”
4 tn The words “their sin” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarification.
5 tn Heb “and act and give to each one according to all his ways because you know his heart.” In the Hebrew text vv. 28-30a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided up for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”
7 tn Heb “their prayer and their requests for help.”
8 tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”