Ezra 8:31 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Ezra 8:31 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 8:31 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 8:31 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the bandits by the way.”

Ezra 8:31 — World English Bible

Ezra 8:31 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then we departed from the river 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 the lier-in-wait by the way. ”

Ezra 8:31 — American Standard Version

Ezra 8:31 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And we journey from the river Ahava, on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God hath been upon us, and He delivereth us from the hand of the enemy and the lier in wait by the way;”

Ezra 8:31 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 8:31 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And we departed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month, to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of ourGod was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. ”

Ezra 8:31 — Darby Translation

Ezra 8:31 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then we departed from the Riuer of Ahauah on the twelft day of the first moneth, to go vnto Ierusalem, and the hand of our God was vpon vs, and deliuered vs from the hand of the enemie, and of such as layde waite by the way.”

Ezra 8:31 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 8:31 in Context — Ezra 8

29 Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord.

30 So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God.

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.

32 And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

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What Does Ezra 8:31 Mean?

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