Ezra 8:21
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
KJV
Et prædicavi ibi jejunium juxta fluvium Ahava, ut affligeremur coram Domino Deo nostro, et peteremus ab eo viam rectam nobis et filiis nostris, universæque substantiæ nostræ.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐκάλεσα ἐκεῖ νηστείαν ἐπὶ τὸν ποταμὸν Θουὲ τοῦ ταπεινωθῆναι ἐνώπιον θεοῦ ἡμῶν, ζητῆσαι παρ’ αὐτοῦ ὁδὸν εὐθεῖαν ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις ἡμῶν καὶ πάσῃ τῇ κτήσει ἡμῶν.
LXX
Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
ASV
וָ/אֶקְרָ֨א שָׁ֥ם צוֹם֙ עַל הַ/נָּהָ֣ר אַהֲוָ֔א לְ/הִתְעַנּ֖וֹת לִ/פְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ לְ/בַקֵּ֤שׁ מִמֶּ֨/נּוּ֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְשָׁרָ֔ה לָ֥/נוּ וּ/לְ/טַפֵּ֖/נוּ וּ/לְ/כָל רְכוּשֵֽׁ/נוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Isra
- 2Chr 20:3 — And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- 2Chr 20:3 — And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
- Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
- Dan 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
- Ezra 8:15 — And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
- Ezra 8:15 — And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
- 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 a
- 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 a
- Gen 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
- Isa 30:21 — And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
- Isa 42:16 — And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do
- Isa 49:10 — They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
- Isa 58:3 — Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours
- Isa 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acce
- Jer 10:23 — O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
- Jer 31:8 — Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together:
- Jer 42:3 — That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do.
- Jer 50:4 — 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.
- Joel 1:14 — Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
- Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
- Jonah 3:5 — So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
- Jonah 3:7 — And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor dri
- Josh 9:14 — And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.
- Judg 20:26 — Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and p
- Judg 20:26 — Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and p
- Lev 16:29 — And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a
- Lev 16:31 — It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever.
- Lev 23:27 — Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LO
- Lev 23:29 — For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people.
- Mark 10:13 — And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
- Num 14:3 — And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
- Num 14:31 — But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
- Num 29:7 — And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
- Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
- Ps 5:8 — Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
- Ps 8:2 — Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
- Ps 107:2 — Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
- Ps 107:7 — And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
- Ps 121:8 — The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.