Ezra 9:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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,”

Ezra 9:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 9:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 9:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“At the evening offering I rose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;”

Ezra 9:5 — World English Bible

Ezra 9:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe rent; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God; ”

Ezra 9:5 — American Standard Version

Ezra 9:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And at the present of the evening I have risen from mine affliction, and at my rending my garment and my upper robe, then I bow down on my knees, and spread out my hands unto Jehovah my God,”

Ezra 9:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 9:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And at the evening oblation I arose up from my humiliation; and with my mantle and my garment rent, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Jehovah myGod, ”

Ezra 9:5 — Darby Translation

Ezra 9:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And at the euening sacrifice I arose vp from mine heauinesse, and when I had rent my clothes and my garment, I fell vpon my knees, and spred out mine hands vnto the Lord my God,”

Ezra 9:5 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 9:5 in Context — Ezra 9

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,

6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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What Does Ezra 9:5 Mean?

Ezra 9:5 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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