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


In Context

20 and from the Nethinim, whom David and the heads gave for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim, all of them defined by name.

21 And I proclaim there a fast, by the river Ahava, to afflict ourselves before our God, to seek from Him a right way for us, and for our infants, and for all our substance,

22 for I was ashamed to ask from the king a force and horsemen to help us because of the enemy in the way, for we spake to the king, saying, 'The hand of our God is upon all seeking Him for good, and His strength and His wrath is upon all forsaking Him.'

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

24 And I separate from the heads of the priests, twelve, even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them of their brethren ten,

25 and I weigh to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, a heave-offering of the house of our God, that the king, and his counsellors, and his heads, and all Israel — those present — lifted up;

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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