The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 6:31 Explained

2 Chronicles 6:31

KJV: That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

YLT: so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.

Darby: that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, all the days that they live upon the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

ASV: that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

That they may fear  thee, to walk  in thy ways,  so long as  they live  in the land  which thou gavest  unto our fathers. 

What does 2 Chronicles 6:31 Mean?

Study Notes

fear
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fear of the Lord
The "fear of the Lord," a phrase of the O.T. piety, meaning reverential trust, with hatred of evil.

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 6

1  Solomon, having blessed the people, blessed God
12  Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the bronze platform

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 6:31 mean?

That they may fear You to walk in Your ways as long as long as they live in live in the land which You gave to our fathers -
לְמַ֣עַן יִֽירָא֗וּךָ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ כָּל־ הַ֨יָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־ הֵ֥ם חַיִּ֖ים עַל־ פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תָּה לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ ס

לְמַ֣עַן  That 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: לְמַעַן 
Sense: purpose, intent prep.
יִֽירָא֗וּךָ  they  may  fear  You 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, second person masculine singular
Root: יָרֵא 
Sense: to fear, revere, be afraid.
לָלֶ֙כֶת֙  to  walk 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: הָלַךְ  
Sense: to go, walk, come.
בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ  in  Your  ways 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
כָּל־  as  long 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הַ֨יָּמִ֔ים  as  long 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
חַיִּ֖ים  live 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
פְּנֵ֣י  live  in 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
הָאֲדָמָ֑ה  the  land 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.
נָתַ֖תָּה  You  gave 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ  to  our  fathers 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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