2 Chronicles 6 · Verse 28

2 Chronicles 6:28

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
2 Chronicles 6:28, King James Version

2 Chronicles 6:28 in other translations

BSBWhen famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,
WEB“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is—
ASVIf there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;
YLT‘Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land--its gates, any plague and any sickness;
DARBYIf there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their gates; whatever plague or whatever sickness there be:
BBEIf there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:
WebsterIf there shall be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies shall besiege them in the cities of their land; whatever calamity, or whatever sickness there be:

2 Chronicles 6:28 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.

רָעָ֞בra.'AvfamineH7458
כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
יִהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehit will beH1961
בָאָ֗רֶץva.'A.retzin the landH776
דֶּ֣בֶרDe.verpestilenceH1698
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
יִֽ֠הְיֶהYih.yehit will beH1961
שִׁדָּפ֨וֹןshi.da.FonblightH7711
וְיֵרָק֜וֹןve.ye.ra.Konand mildewH3420
אַרְבֶּ֤ה'ar.Behlocust[s]H697
וְחָסִיל֙ve.cha.Siland locust[s]H2625
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
יִהְיֶ֔הyih.Yehit will beH1961
כִּ֧יkithatH3588
יָֽצַר\־ya.tzar-he will lay siegeH6696
ל֛וֹloto it
אוֹיְבָ֖יו'oy.Vavenemies itsH341
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin [the] land ofH776
שְׁעָרָ֑יוshe.'a.Ravgates itsH8179
כָּל\־kol-anyH3605
נֶ֖גַעNe.ga'plagueH5061
וְכָֽל\־ve.kholand anyH3605
מַחֲלָֽה\׃ma.cha.LahsicknessH4245

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 6:28

  • Joel 2:25

    And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

  • Ruth 1:1

    Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

  • James 5:13

    Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

  • Revelation 9:3-11

    And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. …

  • 2 Chronicles 32:1

    After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:2-5

    And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the Lord, With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

  • 2 Chronicles 32:24

    In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:5-13

    And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, …

  • 2 Kings 6:25-29

    And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver. And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. And he said, If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. …

  • Joel 1:11

    Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

  • 2 Kings 8:1

    Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.

  • 1 Kings 8:37-40

    If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
if there be dearth."Persia," says Chardin, "is subject to have its harvest spoiled by hail, by drought, or by insects; either locusts, or small insects, which they call {sim,} which are small white lice;" probably the caterpillars of the text.
20:5-13; Le 26:16,25,26; De 28:21-61; Ru 1:1; 1Ki 8:37-40
2Ki 6:25-29; 8:1
locusts.
Ex 10:12-15; Joe 1:4-7,11; 2:25; Re 9:3-11
their enemies.
12:2-5; 20:9-13; 32:1; Le 26:25; De 28:52-57
cities of their land. Heb. land of their gates. whatsoever.
32:24; 1Ki 8:37,38; Jas 5:13

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 6:27

    Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:28

    If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:

  • 2 Chronicles 6:29

    Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:

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2 Chronicles 6:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y si hubiere hambre en la tierra, ó si hubiere pestilencia, si hubiere tizoncillo ó añublo, langosta ó pulgón; ó si los cercaren sus enemigos en la tierra de su domicilio; cualquiera plaga ó enfermedad que sea;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
S’il y a famine dans le pays, s’il y a peste, s’il y a brûlure, ou rouille, sauterelles ou locustes, si ses ennemis l’assiègent dans le pays de ses portes, quelque plaie ou quelque maladie qu’il y ait,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wenn eine Hungersnot im Lande sein wird, wenn Pest sein wird, wenn Kornbrand und Vergilben des Getreides, Heuschrecken oder Grillen sein werden; wenn seine Feinde es belagern im Lande seiner Tore, wenn irgend eine Plage und irgend eine Krankheit sein wird:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fames si orta fuerit in terra, et pestilentia, ærugo, et aurugo, et locusta, et bruchus: et hostes, vastatis regionibus, portas obsederint civitatis, omnisque plaga et infirmitas presserit: