23And 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 appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim: all of them were expressed by name.

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

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,

25 and I weighed to them the silver and the gold and the vessels, the heave-offering for the house of our God, which the king and his counsellors and his princes, and all Israel 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 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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