2 Chronicles 15 · Verse 7

2 Chronicles 15:7

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
2 Chronicles 15:7, King James Version

2 Chronicles 15:7 in other translations

BSBBut as for you, be strong; do not be discouraged, for your work will be rewarded.”
WEBBut you be strong! Don’t let your hands be slack, for your work will be rewarded.”
ASVBut be ye strong, and let not your hands be slack; for your work shall be rewarded.
YLTand ye, be ye strong, and let not your hands be feeble, for there is a reward for your work.'
DARBYBut as for you, be firm and let not your hands be weak; for there is a reward for your deeds.
BBEBut be you strong and let not your hands be feeble, for your work will be rewarded.
WebsterBe ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak; for your work shall be rewarded.

What does 2 Chronicles 15:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. Be ye strong--Great resolution and indomitable energy would be required to persevere in the face of the opposition your reforming measures will encounter. your work shall be rewarded--What you do in the cause and for the glory of God will assuredly be followed by the happiest results both to yourself and your subjects.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

2 Chronicles 15:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאַתֶּ֣םve.'a.Temand youH859
חִזְק֔וּchiz.Kube strongH2388
וְאַל\־ve.'al-and may notH408
יִרְפּ֖וּyir.Puthey dropH7503
יְדֵיכֶ֑םye.dei.Khemhands yourH3027
כִּ֛יkiforH3588
יֵ֥שׁyeshthereH3426
שָׂכָ֖רsa.Khar[is] rewardH7939
לִפְעֻלַּתְכֶֽם\׃\ \סlif.'u.lat.Khemfor work yourH6468

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 15:7

  • 1 Corinthians 15:58

    Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

  • Joshua 1:7

    Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

  • Hebrews 10:35

    Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

  • Joshua 1:9

    Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

  • 1 Chronicles 28:20

    And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the Lord God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.

  • Genesis 15:1

    After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

  • 2 John 1:8

    Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

  • Psalms 58:11

    So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

  • Hebrews 6:10

    For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

  • Colossians 3:24

    Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:8

    Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

  • Ruth 2:12

    The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye strong.
Jos 1:7,9; 1Ch 28:20; Ps 27:14; Isa 35:3,4; Da 10:19; 1Co 16:13
Eph 6:10
your work.
Ge 15:1; Ru 2:12; Ps 19:11; 58:11; Mt 5:12,46; 6:1,4,6,18; 10:41,42
Lu 6:35; Ro 4:4,5; 1Co 3:8,14; 9:17,18; 15:58; Col 3:24; Heb 6:10
Heb 10:35; 2Jo 1:8

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 15:6

    And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:7

    Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:8

    And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 15:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Esforzaos empero vosotros, y no desfallezcan vuestras manos; que salario hay para vuestra obra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Vous donc, fortifiez-vous, et que vos mains ne soient point lâches; car il y a une récompense pour ce que vous ferez.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ihr aber, seid stark und lasset eure Hände nicht erschlaffen, denn es gibt Lohn für euer Tun!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Vos ergo confortamini, et non dissolvantur manus vestræ: erit enim merces operi vestro.