Ezra 7 · Verse 8

Ezra 7:8

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

Ezra 7:8, King James Version

Ezra 7:8 in other translations

BSB	Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
WEB	He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
ASV	And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
YLT	And he cometh in to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that is in the seventh year of the king,
DARBY	And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
BBE	And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king's rule.
Webster	And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

What does Ezra 7:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

8. he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month--that is, corresponding to the end of our July or beginning of our August. As he left Babylon on the Jewish New Year's Day (Ezr 7:9), the journey must have occupied not less than four months (a long period), but it was necessary to move at a slow pace and by short, easy stages, as he had to conduct a large caravan of poor people, including women, children, and all their household gear (see on Ezr 8:24).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month - From the following verse we learn that Ezra and his company set off from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and thus we find they were upwards of four months on their journey. They could not travel fast, as they were a great company, composed in part of the aged and infirm, besides multitudes of women and children. They appear also to have taken a circuitous route. See on Ezr 8:24-32 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 7:1-10

Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to serve his country. When he went, many went with him; he obtained favour from his king, by the Divine favour. Every creature is that to us, which God makes it to be. We must see the hand of God in the events that befal us, and acknowledge him with thankfulness.

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Ezra 7:8 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.

וַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935

יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁba.Cho.deshin the monthH2320

הַחֲמִישִׁ֑יha.cha.mi.Shi<the> fifthH2549

הִ֛יאhi'itH1931

שְׁנַ֥תshe.Nat[was] [the] yearH8141

הַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יתha.she.vi.'It<of the> seventhH7637

לַמֶּֽלֶךְ\׃la.Me.lekhof the kingH4428

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Ezra 7:7
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
Ezra 7:8
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Ezra 7:9
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.

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Ezra 7:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y llegó á Jerusalem en el mes quinto, el año séptimo del rey.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et il arriva à Jérusalem, le cinquième mois; c’était la septième année du roi.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und er kam nach Jerusalem im fünften Monat, das war das siebte Jahr des Königs.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Et venerunt in Jerusalem mense quinto, ipse est annus septimus regis.