Ezra 8 · Verse 32

Ezra 8:32

And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
Ezra 8:32, King James Version

Ezra 8:32 in other translations

BSBSo we arrived at Jerusalem and rested there for three days.
WEBWe came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days.
ASVAnd we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
YLTand we come in to Jerusalem, and dwell there three days.
DARBYAnd we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
BBEAnd we came to Jerusalem and were there for three days.
WebsterAnd we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

What does Ezra 8:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 8:24-32

24-32. Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests ... and weighed unto them the silver, &c.--The custody of the contributions and of the sacred vessels was, during the journey, committed to twelve of the chief priests, who, with the assistance of ten of their brethren, were to watch closely over them by the way, and deliver them into the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. The treasures in silver and gold…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 8:31-36

Enemies laid wait for the Jews, but God protected them. Even the common perils of journeys, call us to go out with prayer, and to return with praise and thanksgiving. But what shall we render when the Lord has led us safely through the pilgrimage of life, through the gloomy vale of death, out of the reach of all our enemies, into everlasting happiness! Among their sacrifices they had a sin-offering. The atonement…

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Ezra 8:32 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.

וַנָּב֖וֹאva.na.Vo'and we cameH935
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
וַנֵּ֥שֶׁבva.Ne.shevand we remainedH3427
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033
יָמִ֥יםya.MimdaysH3117
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃she.lo.ShahthreeH7969

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Cross references for Ezra 8:32

  • Nehemiah 2:11

    So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

  • 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.

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7:8,9; Ne 2:11

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Context

  • Ezra 8:31

    Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way.

  • Ezra 8:32

    And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.

  • Ezra 8:33

    Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;

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Ezra 8:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y llegamos á Jerusalem, y reposamos allí tres días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et nous sommes arrivés à Jérusalem, et nous sommes demeurés là trois jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wir kamen nach Jerusalem und blieben daselbst drei Tage.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et venimus Jerusalem, et mansimus ibi tribus diebus.