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.
Ezra 10:16 in other translations
| BSB | So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation, |
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| WEB | The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. |
| ASV | And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ houses, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. |
| YLT | And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, and men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter; |
| DARBY | And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest and certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them expressed by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. |
| BBE | So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Ezra 10:16 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…
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…
Ezra 10:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezra 10:16
- Deuteronomy 13:14
Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
- Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
- John 7:51
Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
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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.
- 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.
- Ezra 10:17
And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
Ezra 10:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hicieron así los hijos de la transmigración. Y apartados que fueron luego Esdras sacerdote, y los varones cabezas de familias en la casa de sus padres, todos ellos por sus nombres, sentáronse el primer día del mes décimo para inquirir el negocio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les fils de la transportation firent ainsi. Et Esdras, le sacrificateur, et des hommes qui étaient chefs des pères, furent séparés selon leurs maisons de pères, et tous par leurs noms. Et ils s’assirent le premier jour du dixième mois pour examiner l’affaire; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Kinder der Wegführung taten also. Und es wurden ausgesondert Esra, der Priester, und Männer, Häupter der Väter nach ihren Vaterhäusern, und zwar alle mit Namen; und sie setzten sich nieder am ersten Tage des zehnten Monats, um die Sache zu untersuchen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | feceruntque sic filii transmigrationis. Et abierunt Esdras sacerdos, et viri principes familiarum, in domos patrum suorum, et omnes per nomina sua, et sederunt in die primo mensis decimi ut quærerent rem. |