Ezra 7:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.”
Ezra 7:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 7:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 7:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For on the first day of the first month he began to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.”
Ezra 7:9 — World English Bible
Ezra 7:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. ”
Ezra 7:9 — American Standard Version
Ezra 7:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for on the first of the month he hath founded the ascent from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he hath come in unto Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him,”
Ezra 7:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 7:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For upon the first of the first month the project of going up from Babylon was determined on, and on the first of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of hisGod upon him. ”
Ezra 7:9 — Darby Translation
Ezra 7:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For vpon the first day of the first moneth began he to goe vp from Babel, and on the first day of the fift moneth came he to Ierusalem, according to the good hande of his God that was vpon him.”
Ezra 7:9 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 7:9 in Context — Ezra 7
7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9 For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
10 For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
11 Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.
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What Does Ezra 7:9 Mean?
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