Ezra 7:28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
28 and who has shown favor to me before the king,(A) his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by Yahweh my God,[a](B) and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.(C)
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- Ezra 7:28 Lit because the hand of the Lord my God was on me
Ezra 7:28
New International Version
28 and who has extended his good favor(A) to me before the king and his advisers and all the king’s powerful officials. Because the hand of the Lord my God was on me,(B) I took courage and gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me.
Ezra 7:28
King James Version
28 And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
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Ezra 8:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 Since the gracious hand of our God was on us,(A) they brought us Sherebiah(B)—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli, a descendant of Levi son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men,
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Ezra 8:18
New International Version
18 Because the gracious hand of our God was on us,(A) they brought us Sherebiah,(B) a capable man, from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, and Sherebiah’s sons and brothers, 18 in all;
Ezra 8:18
King James Version
18 And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;
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Ezra 8:31
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Arrival in Jerusalem
31 We set out from the Ahava River[a] on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem. We were strengthened by our God,[b](A) and He protected us from the power of the enemy and from ambush along the way.(B)
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Ezra 8:31
New International Version
31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal(A) to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us,(B) and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.
Ezra 8:31
King James Version
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.
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Nehemiah 2:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 And let me have a letter written to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to rebuild the gates of the temple’s fortress,(A) the city wall, and the home where I will live.”[a](B) The king granted my requests, for I was graciously strengthened by my God.[b](C)
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- Nehemiah 2:8 Lit enter
- Nehemiah 2:8 Lit for the gracious hand of my God was on me
Nehemiah 2:8
New International Version
8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the royal park, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel(A) by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?” And because the gracious hand of my God was on me,(B) the king granted my requests.(C)
Nehemiah 2:8
King James Version
8 And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
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Nehemiah 2:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 I told them how the gracious hand of my God had been on me,(A) and what the king had said to me.
They said, “Let’s start rebuilding,” and they were encouraged[a] to do this good work.
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- Nehemiah 2:18 Lit they put their hands
Nehemiah 2:18
New International Version
18 I also told them about the gracious hand of my God on me(A) and what the king had said to me.
They replied, “Let us start rebuilding.” So they began this good work.
Nehemiah 2:18
King James Version
18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
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