Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

1 Esdras 8:79

and to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And to discover to us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And to discover unto us a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
and to uncover a light in the house of the Lord our God, and to give us food in the time of our servitude.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
For when we were in bondage, we were not left of our God, but he gaue vs fauour before the Kings of the Persians, that thei shulde giue vs meat,
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha