David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
Nehemiah 1:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven, American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, Common English Bible When I heard this news, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. Catholic Public Domain Version And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of the God of heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when I had heard these words I sat down, and wept, and mourned for many days: and I fasted, and prayed before the face of the God of heaven. |
David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.
(for Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:)
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.
And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my mantle rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God;
Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial in Jerusalem.
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, And all the kings of the earth thy glory:
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes.
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
I will gather them that sorrow for the solemn assembly, who were of thee: to whom the burden upon her was a reproach.