Ezra 9:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.”
Ezra 9:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 9:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 9:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.”
Ezra 9:3 — World English Bible
Ezra 9:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded. ”
Ezra 9:3 — American Standard Version
Ezra 9:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished,”
Ezra 9:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 9:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And when I heard this thing, I rent my mantle and my garment, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down overwhelmed. ”
Ezra 9:3 — Darby Translation
Ezra 9:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But when I heard this saying, I rent my clothes and my garment, and pluckt off the heare of mine head, and of my beard, and sate downe astonied.”
Ezra 9:3 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 9:3 in Context — Ezra 9
1 Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.
3 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.
4 Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
5 And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,
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What Does Ezra 9:3 Mean?
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