2 Chronicles 20:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
‘If disaster comes upon us— whether sword or judgment, plague or famine— we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’

Young's Literal Translation
If evil doth come upon us—sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine—we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name [is] in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.

King James Bible
If, [when] evil cometh upon us, [as] the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name [is] in this house, ) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

Hebrew
‘If
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

disaster
רָעָ֗ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

comes
תָּב֨וֹא (tā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

upon us—
עָלֵ֜ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū)
Preposition | first person common plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

whether sword
חֶרֶב֮ (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or judgment,
שְׁפוֹט֮ (šə·p̄ō·wṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8196: A judicial sentence, punishment

plague
וְדֶ֣בֶר (wə·ḏe·ḇer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1698: A pestilence

or famine—
וְרָעָב֒ (wə·rā·‘āḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger

we will stand
נַֽעַמְדָ֞ה (na·‘am·ḏāh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

before
לִפְנֵ֨י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

this
הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

temple
הַבַּ֤יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

and before You,
וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ (ū·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

for
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

Your Name
שִׁמְךָ֖ (šim·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

is in this
הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

temple.
בַּבַּ֣יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

We will cry out
וְנִזְעַ֥ק (wə·niz·‘aq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 2199: To shriek, to announce, convene publicly

to You
אֵלֶ֛יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

in our distress,
מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ (miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯê·nū)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 6869: Tightness, a female rival

and You will hear us
וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע (wə·ṯiš·ma‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

and deliver us.’
וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (wə·ṯō·wō·šî·a‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3467: To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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