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NASB | 2 Chronicles 6:24 ¶ "If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 Chronicles 6:24 ¶ "If Your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house, |
Bible Question:
In comparing this verse with the similar prayer in 1 Kings 8:31, I see that sinning is a fact of life. Sin leads to death and as you say, "repentance is a way of life", or could we also say that repentance is a way to life. There is no doubt that if we sin against Him we will feel the results of that sin. 1 Kings 8:33, "When Thy people Israel are defeated [Lit. smitten] before an enemy, because they have sinned against Thee..." 1) I wonder what the difference is in the Hebrew between "if" and "when". 1 Kings 8:31, NKJ, "When anyone sins against his neighbor,..." 2 Chron 6:22, NKJ, "If anyone sins against his neighbor,..." From the heart, Ray |
Bible Answer: In ENGLISH, although there is a formal distinction between if and when, the two words are often used interchangeably. When we dissect English Bible translations, I sometimes wonder if we are straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel. |