Nehemiah 8:6
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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.Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
In other translations
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.Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplifted, all the people said, “Amen, Amen!” Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
Hebrew words
וַיְבָרֶךְvayvarekhand he blessedH1288עֶזְרָא'ezra'EzraH5830אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068הָאֱלֹהִיםha'elohim<the> GodH430הַגָּדוֹלhagadol<the> greatH1419וַיַּעֲנוּvaiya'anuand they answeredH6030כָל־khol-allH3605הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971אָמֵן׀'amenamenH543אָמֵן'amenamenH543בְּמֹעַלbemo'alin [the] raising ofH4607יְדֵיהֶםyedeihemhands theirH3027וַיִּקְּדוּvaiyikeduand they bowed lowH6915וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲוֻּvaiyishtachavuand they bowed downH7812לַיהוָהlayahwehto YahwehH3068אַפַּיִם'apayimfaceH639אָרְצָה׃'aretzah[the] ground towardsH776
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Related verses
- 1 Timothy 2:8I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
- Lamentations 3:41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
- Exodus 4:31And 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.and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD had attended to the Israelites and had seen their affliction, they bowed down and worshiped.
- 2 Chronicles 20:18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.
- Revelation 7:11And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,
- Nehemiah 5:13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of His house and possession every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.
- Genesis 24:26And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the Lord.Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
- Psalm 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
- Exodus 12:27That ye 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 smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.
- Psalm 72:18-1918 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. 19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds. 19 And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
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