Ezra 1:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.”

Ezra 1:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 1:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 1:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem.”

Ezra 1:5 — World English Bible

Ezra 1:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then rose up the heads of fathers’housesof Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem. ”

Ezra 1:5 — American Standard Version

Ezra 1:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem;”

Ezra 1:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 1:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the chief fathers of Judah and Benjamin rose up, and the priests, and the Levites, even all those whose spiritGod had stirred, to go up to build the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem. ”

Ezra 1:5 — Darby Translation

Ezra 1:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then the chiefe fathers of Iudah and Beniamin, and the Priests and Leuites rose vp, with al them whose spirit God had raysed to goe vp, to builde the house of the Lord which is in Ierusalem.”

Ezra 1:5 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 1:5 in Context — Ezra 1

3 Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

5 Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

6 And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

7 Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;

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What Does Ezra 1:5 Mean?

Ezra 1:5 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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