Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer. New Living Translation So we fasted and earnestly prayed that our God would take care of us, and he heard our prayer. English Standard Version So we fasted and implored our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. Berean Standard Bible So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request. King James Bible So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. New King James Version So we fasted and entreated our God for this, and He answered our prayer. New American Standard Bible So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our pleading. NASB 1995 So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty. NASB 1977 So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty. Legacy Standard Bible So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He was moved by our entreaty. Amplified Bible So we fasted and sought [help from] our God concerning this [matter], and He heard our plea. Christian Standard Bible So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and he was receptive to our prayer. Holman Christian Standard Bible So we fasted and pleaded with our God about this, and He granted our request. American Standard Version So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us. Contemporary English Version So we went without food and asked God himself to protect us, and he answered our prayers. English Revised Version So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated of us. GOD'S WORD® Translation So we fasted and asked our God for a safe journey, and he answered our prayer. Good News Translation So we fasted and prayed for God to protect us, and he answered our prayers. International Standard Version So we fasted and asked our God about this, and he listened to us. Majority Standard Bible So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request. NET Bible So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us. New Heart English Bible So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us. Webster's Bible Translation So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was entreated by us. World English Bible So we fasted and begged our God for this, and he granted our request. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He accepts our plea. Young's Literal Translation And we fast, and seek from our God for this, and He is entreated of us. Smith's Literal Translation And we will fast and seek of our God concerning this; and he will be entreated for us. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd we fasted, and besought our God for this: and it fell out prosperously unto us. Catholic Public Domain Version And so we fasted and begged our God for this; and as a result, we prospered. New American Bible So we fasted, seeking this from our God, and it was granted. New Revised Standard Version So we fasted and petitioned our God for this, and he listened to our entreaty. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSo we fasted and besought our God for this; and he hearkened to us Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And we fasted and we inquired of God for this and he listened to us. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917So we fasted and besought our God for this; and He was entreated of us. Brenton Septuagint Translation So we fasted, and asked of our God concerning this; and he hearkened to us. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Fasting for Protection…22For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.” 23So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and He granted our request. Cross References Nehemiah 1:4-11 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. / Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments, / let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned. ... Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. 2 Chronicles 20:3-4 Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah. / So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him. Joel 1:14 Consecrate a fast; proclaim a solemn assembly! Gather the elders and all the residents of the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. Isaiah 58:6-9 Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke? / Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood? / Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. ... Psalm 35:13 Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered. Psalm 69:10 I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. Jonah 3:5-10 And the Ninevites believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. / When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. / Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink. ... Esther 4:16 “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!” 1 Samuel 7:6 When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. Matthew 6:16-18 When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. / But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, / so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Acts 13:2-3 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” / And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off. Acts 14:23 Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed. Mark 9:29 Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.” Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Treasury of Scripture So we fasted and sought our God for this: and he was entreated of us. we fasted Nehemiah 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. Esther 4:16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. Daniel 9:3 And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: besought Jeremiah 29:12,13 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you… Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 50:4,5 In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God… and he was intreated Ezra 8:31 Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. 1 Chronicles 5:20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. Jump to Previous Begged Besought Ear Entreated Entreaty Fast Fasted Food Intreated Matter Open Petitioned Prayer Requesting Seek SoughtJump to Next Begged Besought Ear Entreated Entreaty Fast Fasted Food Intreated Matter Open Petitioned Prayer Requesting Seek SoughtEzra 8 1. The companions of Ezra, who returned from Babylon15. He sends to Iddo for ministers for the temple 21. He keeps a fast 24. He commits the treasures to the custody of the priests 31. From Ahava they come to Jerusalem 33. The treasure is weighed in the temple 36. The commission is delivered So we fasted The act of fasting in the Hebrew context, as seen in the word "צום" (tsom), is a profound expression of humility and dependence on God. Fasting is a spiritual discipline that signifies a deep yearning for divine intervention and guidance. Historically, fasting was often accompanied by prayer, sackcloth, and ashes, symbolizing repentance and a sincere heart seeking God's favor. In the context of Ezra, the Israelites were preparing for a perilous journey back to Jerusalem, and fasting was a way to seek God's protection and blessing. and petitioned our God about this and He granted our request Hebrew So we fastedוַנָּצ֛וּמָה (wan·nā·ṣū·māh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast and petitioned וַנְּבַקְשָׁ֥ה (wan·nə·ḇaq·šāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common plural | third person feminine singular Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after our God מֵאֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ (mê·’ĕ·lō·hê·nū) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative about עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against this, זֹ֑את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, and He granted our request. וַיֵּעָתֵ֖ר (way·yê·‘ā·ṯêr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6279: To burn incense in worship, intercede Links Ezra 8:23 NIVEzra 8:23 NLT Ezra 8:23 ESV Ezra 8:23 NASB Ezra 8:23 KJV Ezra 8:23 BibleApps.com Ezra 8:23 Biblia Paralela Ezra 8:23 Chinese Bible Ezra 8:23 French Bible Ezra 8:23 Catholic Bible OT History: Ezra 8:23 So we fasted and begged our God (Ezr. 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