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Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication

2 Chronicles 6:40

In 11 translations

BSB
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
KJV
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.unto…: Heb. to the prayer of this place
WEB
“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.
ASV
Now, O my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
LSV
Now my God, I implore You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
YLT
'Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place:
DBY
Now, my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open and let thine ears be attentive unto the prayer [that is made] in this place.Elohim
DRC
For thou art my God: let thy eyes, I beseech thee, be open, and let thy ears be attentive to the prayer, that is made in this place.
GNV
Nowe my God, I beseech thee, let thine eyes be open, and thine eares attent vnto the prayer that is made in this place.
JPS
Now, O my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and let Thine ears be attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
LXXE
And now, Lord, let, I pray thee, thine eyes be opened, and thine ears be attentive to the petition made in this place.

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Original-language editions

WLC
עַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֗י יִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א עֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ פְּתֻח֔וֹת וְאָזְנֶ֖יךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ νῦν Κύριε ἔστωσαν δὴ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἀνεῳγμένοι, καὶ τὰ ὦτά σου ἐπήκοα εἰς τὴν δέησιν τοῦ τόπου τούτου.

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  • 2 Chronicles 7:15Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
  • Psalms 116:2Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
  • Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against…
  • Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
  • Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that…
  • Psalms 34:15The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
  • Psalms 31:2Incline Your ear to me; come quickly to my rescue. Be my rock of refuge, the stronghold of my deliverance.
  • Psalms 13:3Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
  • 1 Kings 8:52May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
  • Psalms 88:1O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
  • Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
  • Psalms 22:1–2My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
  • Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  • 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be…
  • Daniel 9:16–19O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and…

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