2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
2 Chronicles 30:8 in other translations
| BSB | Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you. |
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| WEB | Now don’t be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you. |
| ASV | Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you. |
| YLT | ‘Now, harden not your neck like your fathers, give a hand to Jehovah, and come in to His sanctuary, that He hath sanctified to the age, and serve Jehovah your God, and the fierceness of His anger doth turn back from you; |
| DARBY | Now, harden not your necks, as your fathers; yield yourselves to Jehovah, and come to his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever; and serve Jehovah your God, that the fierceness of his anger may turn away from you. |
| BBE | Now do not be hard-hearted, as your fathers were; but give yourselves to the Lord, and come into his holy place, which he has made his for ever, and be the servants of the Lord your God, so that the heat of his wrath may be turned away from you. |
| Webster | Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. |
What does 2 Chronicles 30:8 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 30:1-12
Hezekiah made Israel as welcome to the passover, as any of his own subjects. Let us yield ourselves unto the Lord. Say not, you will do what you please, but resolve to do what he pleases. We perceive in the carnal mind a stiffness, an obstinacy, an unaptness to compel with God; we have it from our fathers: this must be overcome. Those who, through grace, have turned to God themselves, should do all they can to bring…
2 Chronicles 30:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 30:8
- Exodus 32:9
And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
- 2 Chronicles 29:10
Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
- Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
- Psalms 78:49
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.
- Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
- Psalms 68:31
Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Psalms 132:13-14
For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
- Romans 10:21
But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.
- Psalms 68:24
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
- Psalms 73:17
Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
- Matthew 4:10
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Deuteronomy 6:17
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
36:13; Ex 32:9; De 10:16; Ro 10:21
yield yourselves. Heb. give the hand.
1Ch 29:24; Ezr 10:19; Ps 68:31; Ro 6:13-19
enter into.
Ps 63:2; 68:24; 73:17
which he hath.
Ps 132:13,14
serve.
De 6:13,17; Jos 24:15; Mt 4:10; Joh 12:26; Ro 6:22; Col 3:22-24
Re 7:15
the fierceness.
28:11,13; 29:10; 2Ki 23:26; Ps 78:49
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 30:7
And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.
- 2 Chronicles 30:8
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the Lord your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.
- 2 Chronicles 30:9
For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
2 Chronicles 30:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No endurezcáis pues ahora vuestra cerviz como vuestros padres: dad la mano á Jehová, y venid á su santuario, el cual él ha santificado para siempre; y servid á Jehová vuestro Dios, y la ira de su furor se apartará de vosotros. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Maintenant ne roidissez pas votre cou, comme vos pères; donnez la main à l’ Éternel, et venez à son sanctuaire qu’il a sanctifié pour toujours, et servez l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, afin que l’ardeur de sa colère se détourne de vous. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nun verhärtet euren Nacken nicht, wie eure Väter; gebet Jehova die Hand und kommet zu seinem Heiligtum, das er geheiligt hat auf ewig, und dienet Jehova, eurem Gott, damit die Glut seines Zornes sich von euch wende. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nolite indurare cervices vestras, sicut patres vestri: tradite manus Domino, et venite ad sanctuarium ejus quod sanctificavit in æternum: servite Domino Deo patrum vestrorum, et avertetur a vobis ira furoris ejus. |