Ezra 8:23

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Jadi berpuasalah kami dan memohonkan hal itu kepada Allah dan Allah mengabulkan permohonan kami.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Jadi berpuasalah kami dan memohonkan hal itu kepada Allah dan Allah mengabulkan permohonan kami.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sebab itu berpuasalah kami serta memohonkan kepada Allah kami, dan Allahpun kabulkan permohonan kami.

Contextual Overview

²¹ And euen there at the water beside Ahaua I proclaymed a fast, that we might humble our selues before our God, and seke of hym a right way for vs, and for our children, and for all our substaunce. ²² For I was ashamed to require of the king souldiers and horsemen, to helpe vs against the enemie in the way: for we had spoken vnto the king, saying: The hande of our God is vpon all them that seke him in goodnesse, & his power and wrath is against all them that forsake hym. ²³ So we fasted, and besought our God for this, and he was entreated of vs.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we fasted: Nehemiah 9:1, Esther 4:16, Daniel 9:3, Luke 2:37, Acts 10:30

besought: Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Jeremiah 33:3, Jeremiah 50:4, Jeremiah 50:5

and he was entreated: Ezra 8:31, Deuteronomy 4:29, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Psalms 66:18-20, Isaiah 19:22, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:13, Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:21 - and the Proverbs 3:6 - In Acts 8:24 - Pray

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So we fasted, and besought our God for this,.... Sought the Lord by fasting and prayer for a good journey, and preservation in it:

and he was entreated of us; accepted their prayer, as Jarchi, so that they came safe to Jerusalem.