Ezra 10 · Verse 5

Ezra 10:5

Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
Ezra 10:5, King James Version

Ezra 10:5 in other translations

BSBSo Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
WEBThen Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
ASVThen arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware.
YLTAnd Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word--and they swear.
DARBYThen Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
BBEThen Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.
WebsterThen arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

What does Ezra 10:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:5-8
5-8. Then Ezra ... went into the chamber of Johanan--At a private council of the princes and elders held there, under the presidency of Ezra, it was resolved to enter into a general covenant to put away their foreign wives and children; that a proclamation should be made for all who had returned from Babylon to repair within three days to Jerusalem, under pain of excommunication and confiscation of their property.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 And they sware - The thing was evidently contrary to the law of God; and now he bound them by an oath to rectify the abuse.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 10:1-5

Shechaniah owned the national guilt. The case is sad, but it is not desperate; the disease threatening, but not incurable. Now that the people begin to lament, a spirit of repentance seems to be poured out; now there is hope that God will forgive, and have mercy. The sin that rightly troubles us, shall not ruin us. In melancholy times we must observe what makes for us, as well as against us. And there may be good…

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Ezra 10:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komand he aroseH6965
עֶזְרָ֡א'ez.Ra'EzraH5830
וַיַּשְׁבַּ֣עvai.yash.Ba'and he made to swear an oathH7650
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שָׂרֵי֩sa.Rei[the] leaders ofH8269
הַכֹּהֲנִ֨יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548
הַלְוִיִּ֜םhal.vi.Yimthe LevitesH3881
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213
כַּדָּבָ֥רka.da.Varaccording to the mannerH1697
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
וַיִּשָּׁבֵֽעוּ\׃vai.yi.sha.Ve.'uand they swore [the] oathH7650

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Cross references for Ezra 10:5

  • Nehemiah 13:25

    And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

  • Nehemiah 5:12

    Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

  • Proverbs 9:9

    Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

  • Proverbs 1:5

    A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

  • Ezra 10:3

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

  • Matthew 26:63

    But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.

  • Proverbs 15:23

    A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

  • Proverbs 25:11-12

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

  • Nehemiah 10:29

    They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;

  • Proverbs 27:9

    Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
arose.
Pr 1:5; 9:9; 15:23; 25:11,12; 27:9
made.
3; Ne 5:12; 10:29; 13:25; Mt 26:63

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Context

  • Ezra 10:4

    Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

  • Ezra 10:5

    Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

  • Ezra 10:6

    Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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Ezra 10:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces se levantó Esdras, y juramentó á los príncipes de los sacerdotes y de los Levitas, y á todo Israel, que harían conforme á esto; y ellos juraron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Esdras se leva, et il fit jurer aux chefs des sacrificateurs, des lévites, et de tout Israël, d’agir selon cette parole; et ils jurèrent.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da stand Esra auf, und er ließ die Obersten der Priester, der Leviten und des ganzen Israel schwören, nach diesem Worte zu tun. Und sie schwuren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Surrexit ergo Esdras, et adjuravit principes sacerdotum et Levitarum, et omnem Israël, ut facerent secundum verbum hoc: et juraverunt.