Ezra 6:15
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
Ezra 6:15 in other translations
| BSB | And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. |
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| WEB | This house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. |
| ASV | And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. |
| YLT | And this house hath gone out till the third day of the month Adar, that is in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. |
| DARBY | And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius. |
| BBE | And the building of this house was complete on the third day of the month Adar, in the sixth year of the rule of Darius the king. |
| Webster | And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. |
What does Ezra 6:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 6:13-15
Ezr 6:13-15. The Temple Finished. 13-15. Then Tatnai ... did speedily--A concurrence of favorable events is mentioned as accelerating the restoration of the temple and infusing a new spirit and energy into the workmen, who now labored with unabating assiduity till it was brought to a completion. Its foundation was laid in April, 536 B.C. (Ezr 3:8-10), and it was completed on February 21, 515 B.C., being twenty-one…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 6:13-22
The gospel church, that spiritual temple, is long in the building, but it will be finished at last, when the mystical body is completed. Every believer is a living temple, building up himself in his most holy faith: much opposition is given to this work by Satan and our own corruptions. We trifle, and proceed in it with many stops and pauses; but He that has begun the good work, will see it performed. Then spirits…
Ezra 6:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ezra 6:15
- Esther 3:7
In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
- Esther 9:21
To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
- Esther 3:13
And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
- Esther 9:19
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
- Esther 9:1
Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
- Esther 8:12
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
- Esther 9:15
For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
- Esther 9:17
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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Context
- Ezra 6:14
And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
- Ezra 6:15
And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
- Ezra 6:16
And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
Ezra 6:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y esta casa fué acabada al tercer día del mes de Adar, que era el sexto año del reinado del rey Darío. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et cette maison fut achevée le troisième jour du mois d’Adar: c’était la sixième année du règne du roi Darius. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und dieses Haus wurde beendet bis zum dritten Tage des Monats Adar, das ist das sechste Jahr der Regierung des Königs Darius. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et compleverunt domum Dei istam, usque ad diem tertium mensis Adar, qui est annus sextus regni Darii regis. |