Ezra 10 · Verse 15

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.
Ezra 10:15, King James Version

Ezra 10:15 in other translations

BSB(Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah, supported by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite, opposed this plan.)
WEBOnly Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
ASVOnly Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
YLTOnly Jonathan son of Asahel, and Jahaziah son of Tikvah, stood against this, and Meshullam, and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them.
DARBYOnly Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
BBEOnly Jonathan, the son of Asahel, and Jahzeiah, the son of Tikvah, were against this, Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them.
WebsterOnly Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

What does Ezra 10:15 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:9-17

9-11. Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin--The returned captives belonged chiefly to these tribes; but other Israelites are also included under these names, as they all were then occupying the territory formerly assigned to those two tribes. It was the ninth month--that is, between the end of December and the beginning of January, which is the coldest and most rainy season of the year in Palestine. all the people…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 10:15-44
The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God will forgive it; but the blood of Christ, our Sin-offering, is the only atonement which takes away our guilt. No seeming repentance or amendment will benefit those who reject Him, for self-dependence proves them still unhumbled. All the names written in the book of life, are those of penitent sinners, not of self-righteous persons, who think they have no need of repentance.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Ezra 10:15 in the original Hebrew

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אַ֣ךְ'akhonlyH389
יוֹנָתָ֧ןyo.na.TanJonathanH3129
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
עֲשָׂהאֵ֛ל'a.sa.h.'ElAsahelH6214
וְיַחְזְיָ֥הve.yach.ze.Yahand JahzeiahH3167
בֶן\־ven-[the] son ofH1121
תִּקְוָ֖הtik.VahTikvahH8616
עָמְד֣וּ'a.me.Duthey stoodH5975
עַל\־'al-onH5921
זֹ֑אתZotthisH2063
וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛םu.me.shu.Lamand MeshullamH4918
וְשַׁבְּתַ֥יve.sha.be.Taiand ShabbethaiH7678
הַלֵּוִ֖יha.le.Vithe Levite[s]H3881
עֲזָרֻֽם\׃'a.za.Rumthey supported themH5826

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezra 10:15

  • Nehemiah 11:16

    And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God.

  • Nehemiah 3:6

    Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

  • Nehemiah 12:33

    And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam,

  • Nehemiah 10:20

    Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
were employed. Heb. stood. Meshullam.
Ne 3:6; 10:20; 12:33
Shabbethai.
Ne 11:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

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.

  • 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.

  • Ezra 10:16

    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.

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Ezra 10:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Fueron pues puestos sobre este negocio Jonathán hijo de Asael, y Jaazías hijo de Tikvah; y Mesullam y Sabethai, Levitas, les ayudaron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Seuls, Jonathan, fils d’Asçaël, et Jakhzia, fils de Thikva, s’opposèrent à cela; et Meshullam, et Shabthaï, le lévite, les appuyèrent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nur Jonathan, der Sohn Asaels, und Jachseja, der Sohn Tikwas, traten dagegen auf; und Meschullam und Schabbethai, der Levit, standen ihnen bei.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Igitur Jonathan filius Azahel, et Jaasia filius Thecue, steterunt super hoc, et Messollam et Sebethai Levites adjuverunt eos: