Nehemiah 8:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:”

Nehemiah 8:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Nehemiah 8:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Nehemiah 8:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people), and when he opened it, all the people stood up.”

Nehemiah 8:5 — World English Bible

Nehemiah 8:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people); and when he opened it, all the people stood up.”

Nehemiah 8:5 — American Standard Version

Nehemiah 8:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Ezra openeth the book before the eyes of all the people--for above all the people he hath been--and at his opening <FI>it<Fi> all the people have stood up,”

Nehemiah 8:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Nehemiah 8:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.”

Nehemiah 8:5 — Darby Translation

Nehemiah 8:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Ezra opened the booke before all the people: for hee was aboue all the people: and when he opened it, all the people stoode vp.”

Nehemiah 8:5 — Geneva Bible

Nehemiah 8:5 in Context — Nehemiah 8

3 Y leyó en el [libro] delante de la plaza que está delante de la puerta de las Aguas, desde el alba hasta el medio día, en presencia de hombres y mujeres y entendidos; y los oídos de todo el pueblo estaban [atentos] al libro de la ley.

4 Y Esdras el escriba estaba sobre un púlpito de madera, que habían hecho para ello; y junto á él estaban Mathithías, y Sema, y Anías, y Urías, é Hilcías, y Maasías, á su mano derecha; y á su mano izquierda, Pedaía, Misael, y Malchîas, y Hasum, y Hasbedana, Zachârías, y Mesullam.

5 Abrió pues Esdras el libro á ojos de todo el pueblo, (porque estaba más alto que todo el pueblo); y como lo abrió, todo el pueblo estuvo atento.

6 Bendijo entonces Esdras á Jehová, Dios grande. Y todo el pueblo respondió, ¡Amén! ¡Amén! alzando sus manos; y humilláronse, y adoraron á Jehová inclinados á tierra.

7 Y Jesuá, y Bani, y Serebías, Jamín, Accub, Sabethai, Odías, Maasías, Celita, Azarías, Jozabed, Hanán, Pelaía, Levitas, hacían entender al pueblo la ley: y el pueblo [estaba] en su lugar.

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What Does Nehemiah 8:5 Mean?

Nehemiah 8:5 is a verse from the Book of Nehemiah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Nehemiah chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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