2 Chronicles 6 · Verse 22

2 Chronicles 6:22

If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
2 Chronicles 6:22, King James Version

2 Chronicles 6:22 in other translations

BSBWhen a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
WEB“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
ASVIf a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and he come and swear before thine altar in this house;
YLT‘If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house--
DARBYIf a man have sinned against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to adjure him, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
BBEIf a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
WebsterIf a man shall sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath shall come before thy altar in this house;

What does 2 Chronicles 6:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house, &c.--In cases where the testimony of witnesses could not be obtained and there was no way of settling a difference or dispute between two people but by accepting the oath of the accused, the practice had gradually crept in and had acquired the force of consuetudinary law, for the party to be brought before the altar, where his oath was taken with all due solemnity, together with the imprecation of a curse to fall upon himself if his disavowal should be found untrue. There is an allusion to such a practice in this passage.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 If a man sin against his neighbor - For the Seven cases put here by Solomon in his prayer, see the notes on 1 Kings 8:31-46 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 6:22 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.

אִם\־'im-ifH518
יֶחֱטָ֥אye.che.Ta'he will sinH2398
אִישׁ֙'ishanyoneH376
לְרֵעֵ֔הוּle.re.'E.huto neighbor hisH7453
וְנָֽשָׁא\־ve.na.sha'-and he will imposeH5375
ב֥וֹvoon him
אָלָ֖ה'a.Lahan oathH423
לְהַֽאֲלֹת֑וֹle.ha.'a.lo.Toto put under an oath himH423
וּבָ֗אu.Va'and he will comeH935
אָלָ֛ה'a.Lahhe will swear an oathH422
לִפְנֵ֥יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
מִֽזְבַּחֲךָ֖miz.ba.cha.Khaaltar yourH4196
בַּבַּ֥יִתba.Ba.yitin the houseH1004
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 6:22

  • Exodus 22:11

    Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

  • Numbers 5:19-22

    And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

  • Matthew 23:18

    And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

  • Leviticus 5:1

    And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

  • 1 Kings 8:31-32

    If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

  • Proverbs 30:9

    Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
sin.
1Ki 8:31,32
and an oath, etc. Heb. and he require an oath of him.
Ex 22:11; Le 5:1; Pr 30:9
the oath.
Nu 5:19-22; Mt 23:18

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 6:21

    Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:22

    If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

  • 2 Chronicles 6:23

    Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

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2 Chronicles 6:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Si alguno pecare contra su prójimo, y él le pidiere juramento haciéndole jurar, y el juramento viniere delante de tu altar en esta casa,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Si un homme pèche contre son prochain, et qu’on lui impose le serment, pour le faire jurer, et que le serment vienne devant ton autel dans cette maison:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn jemand wider seinen Nächsten sündigt, und man ihm einen Eid auflegt, um ihn schwören zu lassen, und er kommt und schwört vor deinem Altar in diesem Hause:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Si peccaverit quispiam in proximum suum, et jurare contra eum paratus venerit, seque maledicto constrinxerit coram altari in domo ista: