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31 On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal(A) to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us,(B) and he protected us from enemies and bandits along the way.

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31 Then we departed from the river Ahava (A)on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem. (B)The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and from ambushes by the way.

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31 Then we journeyed from (A)the river Ahava on (B)the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and (C)the hand of our God was upon us, and He rescued us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the road.

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31 Then we left the Ahava River on the twelfth day of the first month[a] to go to Jerusalem. The power of our God was with us; he saved us from the power of the enemy and ambushes along the way.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 8:31 March–April, Nisan

The Return to Jerusalem

31 On the twelfth day of the first month,[a] we left the Ahava River[b] and started for Jerusalem. Our God watched over us, and as we traveled along, he kept our enemies from ambushing us.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.31 first month: See the note at 6.19.
  2. 8.31 River: See the note at 8.15.