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Ezra 8:22 — For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and…
“For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.”
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The verses around Ezra 8:22.
20Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.
21Then 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.
22For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
23So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us.
24Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
Verse explanation
Ezra explains why he did not ask the king for an armed escort: he himself had said beforehand that God protected those who sought Him, and asking for soldiers after that would have sounded like a lack of faith.
From the Ezra 8 study in Bible in Stories.
Ezra 8:22 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Porque me envergonhei de pedir ao rei exercito e cavalleiros para nos defenderem do inimigo no caminho: porquanto tinhamos fallado ao rei, dizendo: A mão do nosso Deus é sobre todos os que o buscam para o bem d'elles, mas a sua força e a sua ira sobre todos os que o deixam.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Pois tive vergonha de pedir ao rei tropas e cavaleiros para nos defenderem do inimigo no caminho; porque tínhamos falado ao rei, dizendo: A mão de nosso Deus está para o bem sobre todos os que o buscam; mas sua força e ira está sobre todos os que o abandonam.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Me había resistido a pedir al rey que nos diera una escolta militar para protegernos de los enemigos en el camino. Le habíamos dicho al rey: “Nuestro Dios bondadoso cuida de todo el que lo sigue, pero muestra su ira contra el que lo abandona”.
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