Tobit 8:5
Good News Translation
Sarah got up so that they could pray together and ask God for his protection. Then Tobias prayed: "God of our ancestors, you are worthy of praise. May your name be honored forever and ever by all your creatures in heaven and on earth.

New Revised Standard Version
So she got up, and they began to pray and implore that they might be kept safe. Tobias began by saying, “Blessed are you, O God of our ancestors, and blessed is your name in all generations forever. Let the heavens and the whole creation bless you forever.

Contemporary English Version
So she got up, and they begged the Lord to keep them safe. Tobias began by praying: "God of our ancestors, we praise your name; all future generations will praise you as well. Heaven and the rest of creation should always praise you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God.

Tobit 8:3
Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.

Tobit 8:4
Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to day, and to morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.

Tobit 8:6
So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them.

Tobit 8:7
And Tobias said: Lord God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.

Context
Tobit 8
4Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to day, and to morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock. 5For we are the children of saints, and we must not be joined together like heathens that know not God. 6So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them.…
Cross References
Tobit 8:3
Then the angel Raphael took the devil, and bound him in the desert of upper Egypt.

Tobit 8:4
Then Tobias exhorted the virgin, and said to her: Sara, arise, and let us pray to God to day, and to morrow, and the next day: because for these three nights we are joined to God: and when the third night is over, we will be in our own wedlock.

Tobit 8:6
So they both arose, and prayed earnestly both together that health might be given them.

Tobit 8:7
And Tobias said: Lord God of our fathers, may the heavens and the earth, and the sea, and the fountains, and the rivers, and all thy creatures that are in them, bless thee.



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Tobit 8:4
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