Ezra 10:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”
Ezra 10:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 10:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 10:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”
Ezra 10:16 — World English Bible
Ezra 10:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ houses, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. ”
Ezra 10:16 — American Standard Version
Ezra 10:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, <FI>and<Fi> men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;”
Ezra 10:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 10:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. ”
Ezra 10:16 — Darby Translation
Ezra 10:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they of the captiuitie did so, and departed, euen Ezra the Priest, and the men that were chiefe fathers to the familie of their fathers by name, and sate downe in the first day of the tenth moneth to examine the matter.”
Ezra 10:16 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 10:16 in Context — Ezra 10
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.
16 And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
18 And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
What Does Ezra 10:16 Mean?
Ezra 10:16 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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