"If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over …" — 2 Chronicles 6:36

2 Chronicles 6:36 · KJV

“If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before {their} enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}”

— 2 Chronicles 6:36

Verse 35

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {cause: or, right}

Verse 37

Yet {if} they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; {bethink...: Heb. bring back to their heart}

2 Chronicles 6 — Context

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. {cause: or, right}

If they sin against thee, (for {there is} no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before {their} enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; {they carry them away captives: Heb. they that take them captives carry them away}

If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and {toward} the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

Cross References

1 John 1:8-10

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

James 3:2

For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same {is} a perfect man, {and} able also to bridle the whole body.

Ecclesiastes 7:20

For {there is} not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Job 15:14-16

What {is} man, that he should be clean? and {he which is} born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Psalms 130:3

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Psalms 143:2

And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.

Luke 21:24

And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

Deuteronomy 28:36

The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.