| Ezra 8:23 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | So we fasted and asked our God for a safe journey, and he answered our prayer.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. |
| ASV: | So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us. |
| BBE: | So we went without food, requesting our God for this: and his ear was open to our prayer. |
| DBY: | And we fasted, and besought our God for this; and he was entreated of us. |
| ERV: | So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us. |
| JPS: | So we fasted and besought our God for this; and He was entreated of us. |
| WBS: | So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us. |
| WEB: | So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us. |
| YLT: | And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us. |
| Ezra 8:23 Cross References |
| XREF: | 1 Chronicles 5:20 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand; for they cried out to God in the battle, and He answered their prayers because they trusted in Him.
2 Chronicles 33:13 When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| WES: | 8:23 Intreated - He gave us an assurance of his gracious answer to our request. |
| MHC: | 8:21-23 Ezra procured Levites to go with him; but what will that avail, unless he have God with him? Those who seek God, are safe under the shadow of his wings, even in their greatest dangers; but those who forsake him, are always exposed. When entering upon any new state of life, our care should be, to bring none of the guilt of the sins of our former condition into it. When we are in any peril, let us be at peace with God, and then nothing can do us any real hurt. All our concerns about ourselves, our families, and our estates, it is our wisdom and duty, by prayer to commit to God, and to leave the care of them with him. And, on some occasions, we should decline advantages which are within our reach, lest we should cause others to stumble, and so our God be dishonoured. Let us ask wisdom of God, that we may know how to use or to refuse lawful things. We shall be no losers by venturing, suffering, or giving up for the Lord's sake. Their prayers were answered, and the event declared it. Never have any that sought God in earnest, found that they sought him in vain. In times of difficulty and danger, to set a season apart for secret or for social prayer, is the best method for relief we can take. |
| CONC: | Begged Besought Ear Entreated Entreaty Fast Fasted Intreated Listened Matter Open Petitioned Prayer Requesting Seek Sought |
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