Ezra 10 · Verse 9

Ezra 10:9

Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
Ezra 10:9, King James Version

Ezra 10:9 in other translations

BSBSo within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
WEBThen all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain.
ASVThen all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within the three days (it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month); and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.
YLTAnd gathered are all the men of Judah and Benjamin to Jerusalem by the third day, it is the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sit in the broad place of the house of God, trembling on account of the matter and of the showers.
DARBYThen were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.
BBEThen all the men of Judah and Benjamin came together to Jerusalem before three days were past; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people were seated in the wide square in front of the house of God, shaking with fear because of this business and because of the great rain.
WebsterThen all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

What does Ezra 10:9 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 sat in the street--that is, the court.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Ninth month - Answering to a part of our December. Trembling because of - the great rain - Απο του χειμωνος, Because of the winter, Septuagint; it was now December, the coldest and most rainy part of the year in Palestine.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 10:6-14

There is hope concerning people, when they are convinced, not only that it is good to part with their sins, but that it is necessary; we must do it, or we are undone. So rich is the mercy, and so plenteous the redemption of God, that there is hope for the vilest who hear the gospel, and are willing to accept of free salvation. When sinners mourn for their sins, and tremble at the word of God, there is hope that they…

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Ezra 10:9 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.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvai.yi.ka.ve.Tzuand they assembledH6908
כָל\־khol-allH3605
אַנְשֵֽׁי\־'an.shei-[the] people ofH582
יְהוּדָה֩ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וּבִנְיָמִ֨ן\׀u.vin.ya.Minand BenjaminH1144
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתlish.Lo.shetto [the] threeH7969
הַיָּמִ֗יםhai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117
ה֛וּאhu'itH1931
חֹ֥דֶשׁCho.desh[was the] monthH2320
הַתְּשִׁיעִ֖יha.te.shi.'I<the> ninthH8671
בְּעֶשְׂרִ֣יםbe.'es.Rimon [day] twentyH6242
בַּחֹ֑דֶשׁba.Cho.deshin the monthH2320
וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּvai.ye.she.Vuand they satH3427
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הָעָ֗םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
בִּרְחוֹב֙bir.chOvin [the] open place ofH7339
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הָאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
מַרְעִידִ֥יםmar.'i.DimtremblingH7460
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַדָּבָ֖רha.da.Varthe matterH1697
וּמֵהַגְּשָׁמִֽים\׃\ \פu.me.ha.ge.sha.Mimand from the rainsH1653

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Cross references for Ezra 10:9

  • 1 Samuel 12:17-18

    Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. So Samuel called unto the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

  • Esther 2:16

    So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

  • Jeremiah 10:13

    When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

  • Ezra 7:8-9

    And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

  • Jeremiah 10:10

    But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the ninth month.That is, some time in December, which is the coldest and most rainy time of the year in Palestine. Dr. Russel, in his account of the weather at Aleppo, which very much resembles that in Judea, says, that the natives reckon the severity of the winter, which they call {marbania,} to last but forty days, beginning from the 12th of December, and ending the 20th of January, and that this computation comes in fact very near the truth: and that the air during this time is excessively piercing, even to those that are just come from a cold climate.
7:8,9; Es 2:16
trembling.
1Sa 12:17,18; Jer 10:10,13
great rain. Heb. showers.

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

Context

  • Ezra 10:8

    And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

  • Ezra 10:9

    Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.

  • Ezra 10:10

    And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

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Ezra 10:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así todos los hombres de Judá y de Benjamín se reunieron en Jerusalem dentro de tres días, á los veinte del mes, el cual era el mes noveno; y sentóse todo el pueblo en la plaza de la casa de Dios, temblando con motivo de aquel negocio, y á causa de las lluvias.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tous les hommes de Juda et de Benjamin se rassemblèrent à Jérusalem dans les trois jours: c’était le neuvième mois, le vingtième jour du mois; et tout le peuple était assis dans la place de la maison de Dieu, tremblant à cause de cette affaire et à cause des pluies.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Da versammelten sich alle Männer von Juda und Benjamin binnen drei Tagen nach Jerusalem das war der neunte Monat, am Zwanzigsten des Monats. Und das ganze Volk saß auf dem Platze des Hauses Gottes, zitternd um der Sache willen und infolge der Regengüsse.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Convenerunt igitur omnes viri Juda et Benjamin in Jerusalem tribus diebus: ipse est mensis nonus, vigesimo die mensis: et sedit omnis populus in platea domus Dei, trementes pro peccato, et pluviis.