Ezra 9:8

But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the Lord our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.

Note Or nail or foothold

BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

Note space: Heb. moment

Note a nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode

KJV · King James Version
Now for a little moment grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a stake in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and revive us a little in our bondage.
WEB · World English Bible
And now for a little moment grace hath been showed from Jehovah our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

little space
Heb. moment. grace hath.
Ezra 9:9; Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 9:31; Habakkuk 3:2
a remnant
Ezra 9:14; 2 Kings 19:4, 30, 31; Isaiah 1:9; Jeremiah 42:2; Jeremiah 44:14; Ezekiel 6:8, 9; Ezekiel 14:22; Zechariah 8:6, 12; Romans 9:27; Romans 11:5, 6
a nail
or a pin. i.e., a constant and sure abode.
Ecclesiastes 12:11; Isaiah 22:23–25; Zechariah 10:4
in his holy place
Isaiah 56:5; Revelation 3:12
lighten
1 Samuel 14:27, 29; Job 33:30; Psalm 13:3; Psalm 34:5
reviving
Psalm 85:6; Psalm 138:7; Isaiah 57:15; Ezekiel 37:11–14; Hosea 6:2