and they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great joy. They made David's son Solomon king a second time; they anointed him as the Lord's prince, and Zadok as priest.
Nehemiah 8:12 - New Revised Standard Version And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And all the people went their way to eat, drink, send portions, and make great rejoicing, for they had understood the words that were declared to them. American Standard Version (1901) And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. Common English Bible Then all of the people went to eat and to drink, to send portions, and to have a great celebration, because they understood what had been said to them. Catholic Public Domain Version And so all the people went forth, so that they might eat and drink, and so that they might send portions, and so that they might make a great rejoicing. For they understood the words that he had taught to them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So all the people went to eat and drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth: because they understood the words that he had taught them. |
and they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great joy. They made David's son Solomon king a second time; they anointed him as the Lord's prince, and Zadok as priest.
Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, “Be quiet, for this day is holy; do not be grieved.”
On the second day the heads of ancestral houses of all the people, with the priests and the Levites, came together to the scribe Ezra in order to study the words of the law.
as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.
I have not departed from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured in my bosom the words of his mouth.
The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.
The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces.
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.
They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he was opening the scriptures to us?”
For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot do it.
and the inhabitants of the earth will gloat over them and celebrate and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to the inhabitants of the earth.