Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “But if you turn away and forsake the decrees and commands I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, New Living Translation “But if you or your descendants abandon me and disobey the decrees and commands I have given you, and if you serve and worship other gods, English Standard Version “But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, Berean Standard Bible But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, King James Bible But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; New King James Version “But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them, New American Standard Bible “But if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, NASB 1995 “But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, NASB 1977 “But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you and shall go and serve other gods and worship them, Legacy Standard Bible “But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, Amplified Bible “But if you [people] turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and you go and serve other gods and worship them, Christian Standard Bible However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them, Holman Christian Standard Bible However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them, American Standard Version But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Aramaic Bible in Plain English And if to turn, you will turn, you and your sons, from my way, and you will not keep my commands and my laws that I have given before you, and you will serve the idols of the Gentiles and you will serve them Brenton Septuagint Translation But if ye should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them; Contemporary English Version But if you or any of the people of Israel disobey my laws or start worshiping foreign gods, Douay-Rheims Bible But if you turn away, and forsake my justices, and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them, English Revised Version But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them: GOD'S WORD® Translation But if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commands and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them, Good News Translation But if you and your people ever disobey the laws and commands I have given you and worship other gods, International Standard Version "But if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have given you, and if you walk away to serve other gods and worship them, JPS Tanakh 1917 But if ye turn away, and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Literal Standard Version and if you turn back—you—and have forsaken My statutes and My commands that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them—then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them, Majority Standard Bible But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, New American Bible But if ever you turn away and forsake my commandments and statutes which I set before you, and proceed to serve other gods, and bow down to them, NET Bible "But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods, New Revised Standard Version “But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, New Heart English Bible But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; Webster's Bible Translation But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; World English Bible But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, Young's Literal Translation and if ye turn back -- ye -- and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them -- then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD's Response to Solomon…18then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’ 19But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, 20then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.… Cross References Leviticus 26:14 If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments, Leviticus 26:33 But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste. Numbers 32:15 For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction." Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: Jeremiah 9:13 And the LORD answered, "It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice. Treasury of Scripture But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; if ye turn away Leviticus 26:14,33 But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; … Deuteronomy 28:15,36,37 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: … 1 Samuel 12:25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. shall go Deuteronomy 4:23-27 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee… Joshua 23:15,16 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you… 1 Kings 9:6,7 But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: … Jump to Previous Bowed Commandments Commands Decrees Forsake Forsaken Gods Ground Laws Orders Placed Servants Serve Served Statutes Turn Turned Worship YourselvesJump to Next Bowed Commandments Commands Decrees Forsake Forsaken Gods Ground Laws Orders Placed Servants Serve Served Statutes Turn Turned Worship Yourselves2 Chronicles 7 1. God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, 2. and glory in the temple, the people worship him 4. Solomon's solemn sacrifice 8. Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people 12. God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition (19) But.--And. Kings omits, but emphasises the verb, "If ye will turn," or, "if turn ye will." The order of words in the Heb. implies that ?-bnekem, "and your children," has fallen out of the text: "And if ye turn, ye and your children." So Kings, and Syriac and Arabic here. Kings adds, "From after me." And forsake.--Kings, "and keep not." So Syriac and Arabic. Verses 19, 20. - And forsake. The parallel (1 Kings 9:6) puts it, according to the Authorized Version, "If ye shall at all turn from following me," etc., which rendering on the part of the Authorized Version probably errs by excess. Much mercy, much forbearing, long-suffering, and slowness to anger, were sure to mark the Divine rule; nor would condemnation take effect, nor did it take effect, till the revolt of the people was a thorough revolt, as finally testifying itself in the crucifixion of Christ (see also, as comments on the expressions of these two verses, Leviticus 26:14; Deuteronomy 4:26, 27; Deuteronomy 28:37, and generally 15-64). The same Hebrew words for a proverb and a byword among all nations are found in ver. 37, as just quoted.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But ifוְאִם־ (wə·’im-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you אַתֶּ֔ם (’at·tem) Pronoun - second person masculine plural Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you turn away תְּשׁוּב֣וּן (tə·šū·ḇūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again and forsake וַעֲזַבְתֶּם֙ (wa·‘ă·zaḇ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit the statutes חֻקּוֹתַ֣י (ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay) Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute and the commandments וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י (ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 4687: Commandment I have set נָתַ֖תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set before you, לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6440: The face and if you go off וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם (wa·hă·laḵ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk to serve וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ (wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave and worship וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם (wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate other אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 312: Hinder, next, other gods, אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links 2 Chronicles 7:19 NIV2 Chronicles 7:19 NLT 2 Chronicles 7:19 ESV 2 Chronicles 7:19 NASB 2 Chronicles 7:19 KJV 2 Chronicles 7:19 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 7:19 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 7:19 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 7:19 French Bible 2 Chronicles 7:19 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 7:19 But if you turn away and forsake (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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