2nd Chronicles Chapter 20 verse 9 Holy Bible
If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.
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If evil comes on us, the sword, or punishment, or disease, or need of food, we will come to this house and to you, (for your name is in this house,) crying to you in our trouble, and you will give us salvation in answer to our cry.
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If evil come upon us, sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, and we stand before this house and before thee -- for thy name is in this house -- and cry unto thee in our distress, then thou wilt hear and save.
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If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
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If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry to thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
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If evil come on us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.
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If evil doth come upon us -- sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine -- we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name `is' in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) If when evil cometh upon us.--A summary of part of Solomon's Prayer of Dedication (2Chronicles 6:24-30). The reference to this prayer implies a confidence that it had been accepted in heaven, as the sign that followed it indicated (2Chronicles 7:1-3). Syriac, "When the sanctuary is amongst us, there will not come upon us evil, nor sword, nor judgment, &c., and we will come and stand before this house, and before Thee, because Thy name is invoked in this house; and we will come and pray before Thee in this house and thou wilt hearken to the voice of our prayer, and deliver us." The Hebrew seems to say, "If there come upon us evil--sword (judgment), and pestilence and famine--we will stand (i.e., come forward) before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name is in this house, and we will cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou shalt (or that Thou mayest) hear and save." The word rendered "judgment" (sh?ph?t) is not used as a noun anywhere else; and, lacking a conjunction, it spoils the symmetry of the sentence. It is probably an ancient gloss. All the versions have it; and the Vulg. renders, "sword of judgment." (Comp. the Syriac in 2Chronicles 20:12, infra.)Parallel Commentaries ...Hebrew‘Ifאִם־ (’im-)ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, notdisasterרָעָ֗ה (rā·‘āh)Adjective - feminine singularStrong's 7451: Bad, evilcomesתָּב֨וֹא (tā·ḇō·w)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, goupon us—עָלֵ֜ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū)Preposition | first person common pluralStrong's 5921: Above, over, upon, againstwhether swordחֶרֶב֮ (ḥe·reḇ)Noun - feminine singularStrong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, swordor judgment,שְׁפוֹט֮ (šə·p̄ō·wṭ)Noun - masculine singularStrong's 8196: A judicial sentence, punishmentplagueוְדֶ֣בֶר (wə·ḏe·ḇer)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1698: A pestilenceor famine—וְרָעָב֒ (wə·rā·‘āḇ)Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 7458: Famine, hungerwe will standנַֽעַמְדָ֞ה (na·‘am·ḏāh)Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common pluralStrong's 5975: To stand, in various relationsbeforeלִפְנֵ֨י (lip̄·nê)Preposition-l | Noun - common plural constructStrong's 6440: The facethisהַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)Article | Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thattempleהַבַּ֤יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1004: A houseand before You,וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ (ū·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6440: The faceforכִּ֥י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionYour Nameשִׁמְךָ֖ (šim·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 8034: A nameis in thisהַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)Article | Pronoun - masculine singularStrong's 2088: This, thattemple.בַּבַּ֣יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1004: A houseWe will cry outוְנִזְעַ֥ק (wə·niz·‘aq)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common pluralStrong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publiclyto Youאֵלֶ֛יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)Preposition | second person masculine singularStrong's 413: Near, with, among, toin our distress,מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ (miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯê·nū)Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common pluralStrong's 6869: Tightness, a female rivaland You will hear usוְתִשְׁמַ֥ע (wə·ṯiš·ma‘)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 8085: To hear intelligentlyand deliver us.?וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (wə·ṯō·wō·šî·a‘)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singularStrong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succorJump to PreviousAffliction Cry Deliver Distress Evil Famine Hear House Judgment Pestilence Presence Save Stand Sword Wilt
