Ezra 10:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.”

Ezra 10:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 10:13 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 10:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside. This is not a work of one day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.”

Ezra 10:13 — World English Bible

Ezra 10:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. ”

Ezra 10:13 — American Standard Version

Ezra 10:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“but the people <FI>are<Fi> many, and <FI>it is<Fi> the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work <FI>is<Fi> not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing.”

Ezra 10:13 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 10:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“But the people are many, and it is a time of pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. ”

Ezra 10:13 — Darby Translation

Ezra 10:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But the people are many, and it is a raynie weather, and we are not able to stande without, neither is it the worke of one day or two: for we are many that haue offended in this thing.”

Ezra 10:13 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 10:13 in Context — Ezra 10

11 Now therefore make confession unto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.

12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

13 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

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What Does Ezra 10:13 Mean?

Ezra 10:13 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 10. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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