Nehemiah 8:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.”
Nehemiah 8:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Nehemiah 8:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Nehemiah 8:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.”
Nehemiah 8:6 — World English Bible
Nehemiah 8:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground. ”
Nehemiah 8:6 — American Standard Version
Nehemiah 8:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Ezra blesseth Jehovah, the great God, and all the people answer, `Amen, Amen,' with lifting up of their hands, and they bow and do obeisance to Jehovah--faces to the earth.”
Nehemiah 8:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Nehemiah 8:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the greatGod; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen! with lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground. ”
Nehemiah 8:6 — Darby Translation
Nehemiah 8:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Ezra praysed the Lord the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their handes: and they bowed themselues, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the grounde.”
Nehemiah 8:6 — Geneva Bible
Nehemiah 8:6 in Context — Nehemiah 8
4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.
7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
8 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.
What Does Nehemiah 8:6 Mean?
Nehemiah 8:6 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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