Nehemiah 8:6 “Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and with their hands uplift…”

Nehemiah 8:6

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

World English Bible

Then Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. All the people answered, “Amen, Amen,” with the lifting up of their hands. They bowed their heads, and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen! with lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“blessed”

1 Chronicles 29:20 2 Chronicles 6:4 Psalm 41:13 Ephesians 1:3 1 Peter 1:3 Psalm 72:18

1 Chronicles 29:20 · BSB

Then David said to the whole assembly, “Bless the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.

2 Chronicles 6:4 · BSB

and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,

Psalm 41:13 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.

Ephesians 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

1 Peter 1:3 · BSB

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Psalm 72:18 · BSB

Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.

“Amen”

Nehemiah 5:13 Jeremiah 28:6 Matthew 6:13 1 Corinthians 14:16

Nehemiah 5:13 · BSB

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said,…

Jeremiah 28:6 · BSB

“Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.

Matthew 6:13 · BSB

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ’

1 Corinthians 14:16 · BSB

Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?

“with lifting”

1 Timothy 2:8 Lamentations 3:41 Psalm 134:2 Genesis 14:22 Psalm 28:2 Psalm 63:4

1 Timothy 2:8 · BSB

Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Lamentations 3:41 · BSB

Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:

Psalm 134:2 · BSB

Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!

Genesis 14:22 · BSB

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Psalm 28:2 · BSB

Hear my cry for mercy when I call to You for help, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Psalm 63:4 · BSB

So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name I will lift my hands.

“bowed”

Exodus 4:31 2 Chronicles 20:18 Genesis 24:26 Exodus 12:27 2 Chronicles 29:30

Exodus 4:31 · BSB

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 20:18 · BSB

Then Jehoshaphat bowed facedown, and all the people of Judah and Jerusalem fell down before the LORD to worship Him.

Genesis 24:26 · BSB

Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,

Exodus 12:27 · BSB

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.

2 Chronicles 29:30 · BSB

Then King Hezekiah and his officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD in the words of David and of Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with gladness and bowed down and worshiped.

“with their faces”

Revelation 7:11 Leviticus 9:24 Matthew 26:39

Revelation 7:11 · BSB

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,

Leviticus 9:24 · BSB

Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Matthew 26:39 · BSB

Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.

7The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.

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