Nehemiah 8:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people responded, 'Amen, Amen,' lifting up their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And E?dras praysed the LORDE the greate God. And all the people answered Amen, Amen, with their handes vp, and bowed the selues, and worshipped ye LORDE with their faces to the grounde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And Ezra praysed the Lorde the great God, and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting vp their handes: & they bowed themselues, and worshipped the Lord with their faces toward the grounde.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And Esdras praysed the Lorde the great God: And all the people aunswered, Amen, Ame, lifting vp their handes, and bowed them selues and worshipped the Lord falling downe vpon their faces to the grounde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and Ezra blessed Yahweh, the great God. All the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshiped Yahweh with their faces to the ground.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied“Amen! Amen!” as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 2:8 : 8 I desire, therefore, that people pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without anger and doubting.
  • Exod 4:31 : 31 And the people believed, and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.
  • Neh 5:13 : 13 I also shook out the fold of my garment and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from his labor who does not keep this promise. Even so may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
  • Lam 3:41 : 41 Let us lift up our heart along with our hands to God in the heavens.
  • 2 Chr 20:18 : 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.
  • Ps 134:2 : 2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and bless the LORD.
  • Ps 141:2 : 2 Let my prayer be set before you as incense, and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
  • Jer 28:6 : 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring back the vessels of the LORD'S house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon to this place.
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • Rev 7:11 : 11 And all the angels stood around the throne, and around the elders and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God,
  • 2 Chr 29:30 : 30 Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshiped.
  • Gen 14:22 : 22 And Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have raised my hand to the LORD, God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth,
  • Gen 24:26 : 26 Then the man bowed down his head and worshiped the LORD.
  • Exod 12:27 : 27 That you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our houses.' And the people bowed their heads and worshipped.
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
  • 1 Chr 29:20 : 20 And David said to all the assembly, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the assembly blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshiped the LORD, and the king.
  • 2 Chr 6:4 : 4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled what he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
  • Matt 26:39 : 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as you will.
  • 1 Cor 14:16 : 16 Otherwise, if you bless with the spirit, how will he who occupies the place of the uninformed say Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he does not understand what you say?
  • Eph 1:3 : 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Ps 28:2 : 2 Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy sanctuary.
  • Ps 41:13 : 13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
  • Ps 63:4 : 4 Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name.
  • Ps 72:18-19 : 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name forever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.

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