2 Chronicles 7:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,

Young's Literal Translation
If I restrain the heavens and there is no rain, and if I lay charge on the locust to consume the land, and if I send pestilence among My people—

King James Bible
If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

Hebrew
If
הֵ֣ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

I close
אֶֽעֱצֹ֤ר (’e·‘ĕ·ṣōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6113: To inclose, to hold back, to maintain, rule, assemble

the sky
הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

so there is
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

no
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

rain,
מָטָ֔ר (mā·ṭār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4306: Rain

or if
וְהֵן־ (wə·hên-)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2005: Lo! behold!

I command
אֲצַוֶּ֥ה (’ă·ṣaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

the locust
חָגָ֖ב (ḥā·ḡāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2284: Locust, grasshopper

to devour
לֶאֱכ֣וֹל (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 398: To eat

the land,
הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

or if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I send
אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח (’ă·šal·laḥ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

a plague
דֶּ֖בֶר (de·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1698: A pestilence

among My people,
בְּעַמִּֽי׃ (bə·‘am·mî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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