Ezra 2:65
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Ezra 2:65 in other translations
| BSB | in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers. |
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| WEB | in addition to their male servants and their female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. |
| ASV | besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. |
| YLT | apart from their servants and their handmaids; these are seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and of them are singers and songstresses two hundred. |
| DARBY | besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred singing men and singing women. |
| BBE | As well as their men-servants and their women-servants, of whom there were seven thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven: and they had two hundred men and women to make music. |
| Webster | Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing-men and singing-women. |
What does Ezra 2:65 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 2:64-70
Let none complain of the needful expenses of their religion. Seek first the kingdom of God, his favour and his glory, then will all other things be added unto them. Their offerings were nothing, compared with the offerings of the princes in David's time; yet, being according to their ability, were as acceptable to God. The Lord will carry us through all undertakings entered on according to his will, with an aim to…
Ezra 2:65 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezra 2:65
- 2 Samuel 19:35
I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
- Ecclesiastes 2:8
I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- Isaiah 14:1-2
For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
- Psalms 68:25
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Nehemiah 7:67
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
- Psalms 148:12-13
Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
- Matthew 9:23
And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,
- Exodus 15:20-21
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
- Jeremiah 9:17-18
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
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- Ezra 2:64
The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,
- Ezra 2:65
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
- Ezra 2:66
Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;
Ezra 2:65 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Sin sus siervos y siervas, los cuales eran siete mil trescientos treinta y siete: y tenían doscientos cantores y cantoras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | sans compter leurs serviteurs et leurs servantes; ceux-ci étaient au nombre de 7 337; et parmi eux, il y avait 200 chanteurs et chanteuses. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | außer ihren Knechten und ihren Mägden; dieser waren 7337. Und sie hatten noch 200 Sänger und Sängerinnen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | exceptis servis eorum, et ancillis, qui erant septem millia trecenti triginta septem: et in ipsis cantores atque cantatrices ducenti. |