Ezra 10:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”

Ezra 10:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 10:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 10:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”

Ezra 10:16 — World English Bible

Ezra 10:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ houses, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”

Ezra 10:16 — American Standard Version

Ezra 10:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, <FI>and<Fi> men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;”

Ezra 10:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 10:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.”

Ezra 10:16 — Darby Translation

Ezra 10:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And they of the captiuitie did so, and departed, euen Ezra the Priest, and the men that were chiefe fathers to the familie of their fathers by name, and sate downe in the first day of the tenth moneth to examine the matter.”

Ezra 10:16 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 10:16 in Context — Ezra 10

14 Estén ahora nuestros príncipes, los de toda la congregación; y todos aquellos que en nuestras ciudades hubieren tomado mujeres extranjeras, vengan á tiempos aplazados, y con ellos los ancianos de cada ciudad, y los jueces de ellas, hasta que apartemos de nosotros el furor de la ira de nuestro Dios sobre esto.

15 Fueron pues puestos sobre este negocio Jonathán hijo de Asael, y Jaazías hijo de Tikvah; y Mesullam y Sabethai, Levitas, les ayudaron.

16 E hicieron así los hijos de la transmigración. Y apartados que fueron luego Esdras sacerdote, y los varones cabezas de familias en la casa de sus padres, todos ellos por sus nombres, sentáronse el primer día del mes décimo para inquirir el negocio.

17 Y concluyeron, con todos aquellos que habían tomado mujeres extranjeras, al primer día del mes primero.

18 Y de los hijos de los sacerdotes que habían tomado mujeres extranjeras, fueron hallados [estos]: De los hijos de Jesuá hijo de Josadec, y de sus hermanos: Maasías, y Eliezer, y Jarib, y Gedalías;

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What Does Ezra 10:16 Mean?

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