Ezra 10:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.”

Ezra 10:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 10:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 10:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“They finished with all the men who had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.”

Ezra 10:17 — World English Bible

Ezra 10:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And they made an end with all the men that had married foreign women by the first day of the first month.”

Ezra 10:17 — American Standard Version

Ezra 10:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“and they finish with all the men who have settled strange women unto the first day of the first month.”

Ezra 10:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 10:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And they ended with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.”

Ezra 10:17 — Darby Translation

Ezra 10:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And vntill the first day of the first moneth they were finishing the businesse with al the men that had taken strange wiues.”

Ezra 10:17 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 10:17 in Context — Ezra 10

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.

19 And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.

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What Does Ezra 10:17 Mean?

Ezra 10:17 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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