2 Chronicles 6:42

Douay-Rheims Bible

O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord God, do not reject your anointed one;remember the promises to your servant David.

Hebrew Names Version
LORD God, don't turn away the face of your anointed: remember [your] lovingkindnesses to David your servant.

King James Version
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

English Standard Version
O Lord God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember your steadfast love for David your servant."

New Century Version
Lord God, do not reject your appointed one. Remember your love for your servant David."

New English Translation
O Lord God, do not reject your chosen ones! Remember the faithful promises you made to your servant David!"

Amplified Bible
"O LORD God, do not turn away and reject the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness and faithfulness to Your servant David."

New American Standard Bible
"LORD God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your faithfulness to Your servant David."

World English Bible
Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed: remember [your] lovingkindnesses to David your servant.

Geneva Bible (1587)
O Lord God, refuse not the face of thine anoynted: remember the mercies promised to Dauid thy seruant.

Legacy Standard Bible
"O Yahweh God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David."

Berean Standard Bible
O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David."

Contemporary English Version
Always remember the love you had for your servant David, so that you will not reject your chosen kings.

Complete Jewish Bible
" Adonai , God, don't turn away the face of your anointed one; remember the mercies of your servant David."

Darby Translation
Jehovah Elohim, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember mercies to David thy servant.

Easy-to-Read Version
Lord God, accept your anointed king. Remember your loyal servant David."

George Lamsa Translation
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thy anointed one; remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Good News Translation
Lord God, do not reject the king you have chosen. Remember the love you had for your servant David."

Lexham English Bible
O Yahweh God, do not turn away the face of your anointed one! Remember the loyal love of your servant, David!"

Literal Translation
O Jehovah God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember the good deeds of Your servant David.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
LORDE God, turne not awaye the face of thine anoynted: thinke vpon the mercies of thy seruaunt Dauid.

American Standard Version
O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant.

Bible in Basic English
O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
O Lord God, turne not away the face of thyne annoynted: remember the mercies whiche thou hast promised to Dauid thy seruaunt.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
O LORD God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed; remember the good deeds of David Thy servant.'

King James Version (1611)
O Lord God, turne not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of Dauid thy seruant.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of thy servant David.

English Revised Version
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lord God, turne thou not a weie the face of thi crist; haue thou mynde on the mercyes of Dauid thi seruaunt.

Update Bible Version
O Yahweh God, don't turn away the face of your anointed one: remember [your] loving-kindnesses to David your slave.

Webster's Bible Translation
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

New King James Version
42 "O Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your Anointed;Remember the mercies of Your servant David." Psalms 132:8-10 ">[fn]

New Living Translation
O Lord God, do not reject the king you have anointed. Remember your unfailing love for your servant David."

New Life Bible
O Lord God, do not turn away the face of Your chosen one. Remember Your loving-kindness to Your servant David."

New Revised Standard
O Lord God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember your steadfast love for your servant David."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
O Yahweh God! do not turn away thy face from thine Anointed One, - oh remember lovingkindness unto David thy servant.

Revised Standard Version
O LORD God, do not turn away the face of thy anointed one! Remember thy steadfast love for David thy servant."

Young's Literal Translation
O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"O LORD God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David."

Contextual Overview

¹² And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands. ¹³ For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and had set it in the midst of the temple, which was five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high: and he stood upon it: then kneeling down in the presence of all the multitude of Israel, and lifting up his hands towards heaven, ¹⁴ He said: O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heaven nor in earth: who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: ¹⁵ Who hast performed to thy servant David my father all that thou hast promised him: and hast accomplished in fact, what thou hast spoken with thy mouth, as also the present time proveth. ¹⁶ Now then, O Lord God of Israel, fulfil to thy servant David my father, whatsoever thou hast promised him, saying: There shall not fail thee a man in my sight, to sit upon the throne of Israel: yet so that thy children take heed to their ways, and walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. ¹⁷ And now, Lord God of Israel, let thy word be established which thou hast spoken to thy servant David. ¹⁸ Is it credible then that God should dwell with men on the earth? If heaven and the heavens of heavens do not contain thee, how much less this house, which I have built? ¹⁹ But to this end only it is made, that thou mayest regard the prayer of thy servant and his supplication, O Lord my God: and mayest hear the prayers which thy servant poureth out before thee. ²⁰ That thou mayest open thy eyes upon this house day and night, upon the place wherein thou hast promised that thy name should be called upon, ²¹ And that thou wouldst hear the prayer which thy servant prayeth in it: hearken then to the prayers of thy servant, and of thy people Israel. Whosoever shall pray in its place, hear thou from thy dwelling place, that is, from heaven, and shew mercy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 2:16

turn not: That is, "reject not thine anointed;" or, "repulse him not," agreeably to the interpretation of this phrase in the Syriac and Arabic versions.

thine anointed: 1 Kings 1:34, Psalms 2:2, Isaiah 61:1

remember: Psalms 132:1, Isaiah 55:3, Acts 13:34

the mercies: Or, as Dr. Geddes renders, "the pious deeds of thy servant David." The Syriac has, "the good actions of thy servant.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:59 - let these my words Psalms 25:6 - Remember Psalms 84:9 - the face Psalms 132:8 - Arise Psalms 132:10 - turn not

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In Kings, a different conclusion takes the place of these verses. The document from which both writers copied contained the full prayer of dedication, which each givcs in a somewhat abbreviated form.

2 Chronicles 6:41

Thy resting place - i. e., the holy of holies. Solomon follows closely the words of David his father, spoken probably when he brought the ark into Jerusalem. See the marginal references.

2 Chronicles 6:42

Turn not away the face of thine anointed - i. e., make him not to hide his face through shame at having his prayers rejected (compare the 1 Kings 2:16 note).

The mercies of David - i. e., “God’s mercies toward David.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 6:42. Turn not away the face of thine anointed — "At least do me good; and if not for my sake, do it for thy own sake." - Jarchi.

These two last verses are not in the parallel place in 1 Kings 8:22-53. There are other differences between the two places in this prayer, but they are not of much consequence.