Devine Scripture

Ezra 9:10

Ezra chapter 9 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

Context

v.9For we are bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

v.10This passage

v.11which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Lamentations 3:22

    It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

  • Joshua 7:8

    Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!

  • Genesis 44:16

    And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.

  • Daniel 9:4

    And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments,

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it speaketh to them that are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be brought under the judgment of God: