23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.


In Context

20 and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were mentioned by name.

21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

22 For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way, because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.

23 So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

24 Then I set apart twelve of the chiefs of the priests, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,

25 and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

Ezra 8:23 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:23So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:23And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:23And we fasted, and besought our God for this: and it fell out prosperously unto us.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:23So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:23And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:23So we fasted and sought our God for this: and he was entreated of us.