35 When the skies are shut and there is no rain,
because they have sinned against you,(A)
and they pray toward this place
and praise your name,
and they turn from their sins
because you are afflicting them,(B)

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35 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(A) because your people have sinned(B) against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,

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But who is able to build a temple for him, since even heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain him?(A) Who am I then that I should build a temple for him except as a place to burn incense before him?

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But who is able to build a temple for him, since the heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain him?(A) Who then am I(B) to build a temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices before him?

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26 When the skies are shut and there is no rain
because they have sinned against you,
and they pray toward this place
and praise your name,
and they turn from their sins
because you are afflicting[a](A) them,

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Footnotes

  1. 6:26 LXX, Vg; MT reads answering; 1Kg 8:35

26 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain(A) because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,

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13 If I shut the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to consume the land, or if I send pestilence on my people,(A)

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13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(A) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,

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