2 Chronicles 6:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ that thy eyes may be open day and night toward this house, the place where thou hast promised to set thy name, that thou mayest hearken to the prayer which thy servant offers toward this place.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ that thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ That Your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, toward the place in which You have said You would put Your Name [and the symbol of your presence], to listen to and heed the prayer which Your servant prays facing this place.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ that thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Constantly watch over this temple, the place where you promised to put your name, and listen to the prayer your servant is praying concerning this place.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ and so that you may open your eyes over this house, day and night, over the place where you promised that your name would be invoked,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ That thou mayest open thy eyes upon this house, day and night, upon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be called upon,

2 Chronicles 6:20 Cross References

2 Kings 19:16

Incline thy ear, O Lord, and hear; open thy eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.

2 Chronicles 16:9

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show his might in behalf of those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”

2 Chronicles 20:9

‘If evil comes 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 to thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.’

2 Chronicles 6:19

Yet have regard to the prayer of thy servant and to his supplication, O Lord my God, hearkening to the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prays before thee;

2 Chronicles 6:40

Now, O my God, let thy eyes be open and thy ears attentive to a prayer of this place.

2 Chronicles 6:5

‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city in all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;

2 Chronicles 6:6

but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’

2 Chronicles 7:15

Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

Nehemiah 1:6

let thy ear be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant which I now pray before thee day and night for the people of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned.

Psalm 121:5

The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

Psalm 33:18

Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

Psalm 34:15

The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears toward their cry.

Daniel 6:10

When Daniel knew that the document had been signed, he went to his house where he had windows in his upper chamber open toward Jerusalem; and he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously.

Deuteronomy 12:11

then to the place which the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, thither you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offering that you present, and all your votive offerings which you vow to the Lord.

Deuteronomy 26:2

you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land that the Lord your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket, and you shall go to the place which the Lord your God will choose, to make his name to dwell there.

Colossians 2:9

For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily,