2 Chronicles 6:27

6:27 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

6:30 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

6:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help, ⁷  vindicate them, ⁸  and forgive your sinful people.

[6:27]  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).

[6:27]  ² tn Heb “the good way in which they should walk.”

[6:27]  ³ tn Or “for an inheritance.”

[6:30]  ⁴ tn The words “their sin” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarification.

[6:30]  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.

[6:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “Indeed you know, you alone, the heart of all the sons of mankind.”

[6:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “their prayer and their requests for help.”

[6:39]  ⁸ tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”