2 Chronicles 30 · Verse 9

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 30:9, King James Version

2 Chronicles 30:9 in other translations

BSBFor if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
WEBFor if you turn again to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with those who led them captive, and will come again into this land, because the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you if you return to him.”
ASVFor if ye turn again unto Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land: for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
YLTfor in your turning back unto Jehovah, your brethren and your sons have mercies before their captors, even to return to this land, for gracious and merciful is Jehovah your God, and He doth not turn aside the face from you, if ye turn back unto Him.'
DARBYFor if ye return to Jehovah, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with those that have carried them captive, so that they shall come again unto this land; for Jehovah your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.
BBEFor if you come back to the Lord, those who took away your brothers and your children will have pity on them, and let them come back to this land: for the Lord your God is full of grace and mercy, and his face will not be turned away from you if you come back to him.
WebsterFor if ye turn again to the LORD, your brethren and your children will find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they will return into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return to him.

What does 2 Chronicles 30:9 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 And will not turn away his face from you - Well expressed by the Targum: "For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not cause his majesty to ascend up from among you, if ye will return to his fear." The shechinah, of which the Targumist speaks, is the dwelling of the Divine Presence among men, and the visible symbol of that presence.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

Read the full comment on 2 Chronicles 30:1-12 →

2 Chronicles 30:9 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.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בְשׁוּבְכֶ֞םve.shu.ve.Khemwhen return youH7725
עַל\־'al-toH5921
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֲחֵיכֶ֨ם'a.chei.Khemrelatives yourH251
וּבְנֵיכֶ֤םu.ve.nei.Khemand children yourH1121
לְרַחֲמִים֙le.ra.cha.Mimto compassion<s>H7356
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
שֽׁוֹבֵיהֶ֔םshoei.Hemcaptors theirH7617
וְלָשׁ֖וּבve.la.Shuvand to returnH7725
לָאָ֣רֶץla.'A.retzto the landH776
הַזֹּ֑אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
חַנּ֤וּןcha.Nun[is] graciousH2587
וְרַחוּם֙ve.ra.Chumand compassionateH7349
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָסִ֤ירya.Sirhe will turn asideH5493
פָּנִים֙pa.NimfaceH6440
מִכֶּ֔םmi.Kemfrom you
אִם\־'im-ifH518
תָּשׁ֖וּבוּta.Shu.vuyou will turn backH7725
אֵלָֽיו\׃\ \פ'e.Lavto himH413

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 30:9

  • Isaiah 55:7

    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • Micah 7:18

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

  • Psalms 86:5

    For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

  • Deuteronomy 30:2-4

    And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

  • Psalms 106:46

    He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives.

  • 1 Kings 8:50

    And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:

  • Nehemiah 9:17

    And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

  • Exodus 34:6-7

    And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

  • Leviticus 26:40-42

    If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

  • Psalms 111:4

    He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

  • Psalms 145:7-8

    They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

  • 2 Chronicles 7:14

    If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
if ye turn.
7:14; Le 26:40-42; De 30:2-4; 1Ki 8:50; Ps 106:46
so that they shall.
Jer 29:12-14; 31:27,28
the Lord.
Ex 34:6,7; Ne 9:17,31; Ps 86:5,15; 111:4; 145:7,8; Jon 4:2
Mic 7:18
will not.
15:2; Pr 28:13; Isa 55:7; Eze 18:30-32
turn away.
Jer 18:17

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Context

  • 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 30:10

    So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

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2 Chronicles 30:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque si os volviereis á Jehová, vuestros hermanos y vuestros hijos hallarán misericordia delante de los que los tienen cautivos, y volverán á esta tierra: porque Jehová vuestro Dios es clemente y misericordioso, y no volverá de vosotros su rostro, si vosotros os volviereis á él.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car si vous retournez à l’ Éternel, vos frères et vos fils trouveront miséricorde devant ceux qui les ont emmenés captifs, et ils reviendront dans ce pays; car l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, fait grâce et est miséricordieux, et il ne détournera pas sa face de vous, si vous revenez à lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn wenn ihr zu Jehova umkehret, so werden eure Brüder und eure Kinder Barmherzigkeit finden vor denen, die sie gefangen weggeführt haben, und in dieses Land zurückkehren. Denn gnädig und barmherzig ist Jehova, euer Gott, und er wird das Angesicht nicht von euch abwenden, wenn ihr zu ihm umkehret. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si enim vos reversi fueritis ad Dominum, fratres vestri et filii habebunt misericordiam coram dominis suis, qui illos duxerunt captivos, et revertentur in terram hanc: pius enim et clemens est Dominus Deus vester, et non avertet faciem suam a vobis, si reversi fueritis ad eum.