Ezra 9:15

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“O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.””

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BSBPD

“O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O Lord God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`O Jehovah, God of Israel, righteous <FI>art<Fi> Thou, for we have been left an escape, as <FI>it is<Fi> this day; lo, we <FI>are<Fi> before Thee in our guilt, for there is none to stand before Thee concerning this.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Ezra 9:15 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:40But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
  2. Leviticus 26:41and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
  3. Joshua 22:15They went to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in the land of Gilead and said to them,
  4. Ezra 1:4And let every survivor, wherever he lives, be assisted by the men of that region with silver, gold, goods, and livestock, along with a freewill offering for the house of God in Jerusalem.’”
  5. Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
  6. Nehemiah 9:33You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
  7. Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
  8. Psalms 119:137Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
  9. Psalms 130:3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
  10. Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
  11. Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  12. Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
  13. Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
  14. Ezekiel 33:10Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this is what they have said: ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy upon us, and we are wasting away because of them! How can we live?’
  15. Daniel 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
  16. Daniel 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
  17. Zechariah 3:3Now Joshua was dressed in filthy garments as he stood before the angel.
  18. John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
  19. John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
  20. Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  21. Romans 10:3Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
  22. 1 Corinthians 15:17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

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