2 Chronicles 6:38

if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;

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WEBBE

if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray towards their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and towards the house which I have built for your name;

BSB

and when they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of the enemies who took them captive, and when they pray in the direction of the land that You gave to their fathers, the city You have chosen, and the house I have built for Your Name,

KJV

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:

ASV

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

BBE

If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:

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וְשָׁבוּ ve·sha·vu and they will return H7725 אֵלֶיךָ 'e·lei·kha to you H413 בְּכָל־ be·khol with all H3605 לִבָּם li·bam heart their H3820 וּבְכָל־ u·ve·khol- and with all H3605 נַפְשָׁם naf·sham being their H5315 בְּאֶרֶץ be·'e·retz in [the] land of H776 שִׁבְיָם shiv·yam captivity their H7628 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- where H834 שָׁבוּ sha·vu they took captive H7617 אֹתָם 'o·tam (marks the object) them H853 וְהִתְפַּלְלוּ ve·hit·pa·lu and they will pray H6419 דֶּרֶךְ de·rekh [the] direction of H1870 אַרְצָם 'ar·tzam land their H776 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 נָתַתָּה na·ta·tah you gave H5414 לַאֲבוֹתָם la·'a·vo·tam to ancestors their H1 וְהָעִיר ve·ha·'ir and the city H5892 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 בָּחַרְתָּ ba·char·ta you have chosen H977 וְלַבַּיִת ve·la·ba·yit and to the house H1004 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- which H834 בָּנִיתִי ba·ni·ti I have built H1129 לִשְׁמֶךָ lish·me·kha for name your H8034

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