Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
New American Standard Bible
So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He
King James Version
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
Holman Bible
So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and He granted our request.
International Standard Version
So we fasted and asked our God about this, and he listened to us.
A Conservative Version
So we fasted and besought our God for this, and he was entreated by us.
American Standard Version
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
Amplified
So we fasted and sought [help from] our God concerning this [matter], and He heard our plea.
Bible in Basic English
So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer.
Julia Smith Translation
And we will fast and seek of our God concerning this; and he will be entreated for us.
King James 2000
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he answered our prayer.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So we fasted and sought our God for this and he responded to our prayer.
Modern King James verseion
So we fasted and prayed to our God for good. And He was pleased to hear us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he heard us.
NET Bible
So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us.
New Heart English Bible
So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
The Emphasized Bible
So we fasted and sought of our God, concerning this, - and he suffered himself to be entreated by us.
Webster
So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us.
World English Bible
So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
Youngs Literal Translation
And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.
Themes
Blessing » Temporal blessings, prayer for » -ezra
Fasting » Accompanied by » Prayer
Fasting » Instances of » In babylon, with prayer for divine deliverance and guidance
Humiliation and self-affliction » Encouraged
Prayer » Examples of Prayers answered » -ezra
Interlinear
Baqash
'elohiym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezra 8:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ezra Proclaims A Fast
22 For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way; for we had spoken to the king saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his anger is against all them that forsake him. 23 And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us. 24 And I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:12-13
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
1 Chronicles 5:20
and they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
Deuteronomy 4:29
And from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Ezra 8:31
And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.
Nehemiah 9:1
And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
Esther 4:16
Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.
Psalm 66:18-20
Had I regarded iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not hear.
Isaiah 19:22
And Jehovah will smite Egypt; he will smite and heal: and they shall return to Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and I will shew thee great and hidden things, which thou knowest not.
Jeremiah 50:4-5
In those days, and at that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping as they go, and shall seek Jehovah their God.
Daniel 9:3
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes;
Matthew 7:7-8
Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
Luke 2:37
and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers;
Acts 10:30
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been fasting unto this hour, and the ninth I was praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,