Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and He granted our request.
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.
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.
Darby Translation
And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.
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
I did this because I was ashamed to ask the king for infantry and cavalry to protect us from enemies during the journey, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who abandon Him.”
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 29:12-13
You will call to Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
1 Chronicles 5:20
They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them.
Deuteronomy 4:29
But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself
Ezra 8:31
We set out from the Ahava River
Nehemiah 9:1
On the twenty-fourth day of this month
Esther 4:16
“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days,
Psalm 66:18-20
the Lord would not have listened.
Isaiah 19:22
The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will return to the Lord and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to Me and I will answer you
Jeremiah 50:4-5
this is the Lord’s declaration—
the Israelites and Judeans will come together,
weeping as they come,
and will seek the Lord their God.
Daniel 9:3
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petitions, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Matthew 7:7-8
Luke 2:37
and was a widow for 84 years.
Acts 10:30
Cornelius replied, “Four days ago at this hour, at three in the afternoon,