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Contemporary English Version

Ezra 10:5

Ezra stood up and made the chief priests, the Levites, and everyone else in Israel swear that they would follow the advice of Shecaniah.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Decision;   Divorce;   Ezra;   Oath;   Priest;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Ezra;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;   Divorce;   Magistrates;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Judea;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   High Priest;   Joseph;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Addan;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Chief Priests ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Vow;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Oath;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said; so they took the oath.
Hebrew Names Version
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the Kohanim, the Levites, and all Yisra'el, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
King James Version
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.
English Standard Version
Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.
New Century Version
So Ezra got up and made the priests, Levites, and all the people of Israel promise to do what was suggested; and they promised.
New English Translation
So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. And they all took a solemn oath.
Amplified Bible
Then Ezra stood and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, take an oath that they would act in accordance with this proposal; so they took the oath.
New American Standard Bible
Then Ezra stood and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel take an oath that they would do according to this proposal; so they took the oath.
World English Bible
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, swear an oath that they would do according to this word; so they swore an oath.
Berean Standard Bible
So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
Complete Jewish Bible
‘Ezra stood up, and he made the chief cohanim, the L'vi'im and all Isra'el swear that they would act according to what had been said; and they took the oath.
Darby Translation
Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Ezra got up. He made the leading priests, the Levites, and all the Israelites promise to do what he said.
George Lamsa Translation
Then Ezra the scribe arose and made the elders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this command. And they swore.
Good News Translation
So Ezra began by making the leaders of the priests, of the Levites, and of the rest of the people take an oath that they would do what Shecaniah had proposed.
Lexham English Bible
Then Ezra stood up and made the chief priests, Levites, and all of Israel swear to do according to what was said. So they swore this oath.
Literal Translation
Then Ezra rose up and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then rose E?dras, and toke an ooth of the rulers, prestes and Leuites, and of all Israel, that they shulde do acordynge to this worde: and they swore.
American Standard Version
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware.
Bible in Basic English
Then Ezra got up, and made the chiefs of the priests and the Levites and all Israel take an oath that they would do this. So they took an oath.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then rose Esdras, and toke an oth of the chiefe priestes and Leuites, and of all Israel, that they should do according to this worde: And they sware.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
King James Version (1611)
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefe Priests, the Leuites, and all Israel to sweare, that they should doe according to this word: and they sware.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then Esdras arose, and caused the rulers, the priests, and Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word: and they swore.
English Revised Version
Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they sware.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Esdras roos, and chargide greetli the princes of prestis, and of dekenes, and of al Israel, to do after this word; and thei sworen.
Update Bible Version
Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the Levitical priests, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. So they swore.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.
New King James Version
Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear an oath that they would do according to this word. So they swore an oath.
New Living Translation
So Ezra stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests and the Levites and all the people of Israel swear that they would do as Shecaniah had said. And they all swore a solemn oath.
New Life Bible
So Ezra got up and made the head religious leaders, the Levites and all Israel promise that they would do as he had said, and they promised.
New Revised Standard
Then Ezra stood up and made the leading priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do as had been said. So they swore.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then arose Ezra and made the rulers of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, swear to do according to this word - and they sware.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs of the priests and of the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word, and they swore.
Revised Standard Version
Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take oath that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath.
Young's Literal Translation
And Ezra riseth, and causeth the heads of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear to do according to this word -- and they swear.
THE MESSAGE
So Ezra stood up and had the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel solemnly swear to do what Shecaniah proposed. And they did it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Ezra rose and made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, take oath that they would do according to this proposal; so they took the oath.

Contextual Overview

1 While Ezra was down on his knees in front of God's temple, praying with tears in his eyes, and confessing the sins of the people of Israel, a large number of men, women, and children gathered around him and cried bitterly. 2 Shecaniah son of Jehiel from the family of Elam said: Ezra, we have disobeyed God by marrying these foreign women. But there is still hope for the people of Israel, 3 if we follow your advice and the advice of others who truly respect the laws of God. We must promise God that we will divorce our foreign wives and send them away, together with their children. 4 Ezra, it's up to you to do something! We will support whatever you do. So be brave! 5 Ezra stood up and made the chief priests, the Levites, and everyone else in Israel swear that they would follow the advice of Shecaniah.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

arose: Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 9:9, Proverbs 15:23, Proverbs 25:11, Proverbs 25:12, Proverbs 27:9

made: Ezra 10:3, Nehemiah 5:12, Nehemiah 10:29, Nehemiah 13:25, Matthew 26:63

Reciprocal: Exodus 14:15 - General Exodus 18:24 - General Matthew 2:4 - the chief

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.
Psalms 72:10
Force the rulers of Tarshish and of the islands to pay taxes to him. Make the kings of Sheba and of Seba bring gifts.
Isaiah 24:15
And so, everyone in the east and those on the islands should praise the Lord , the God of Israel.
Isaiah 40:15
To the Lord , all nations are merely a drop in a bucket or dust on balance scales; all of the islands are but a handful of sand.
Isaiah 41:5
Islands and foreign nations saw what I did and trembled as they came near.
Isaiah 42:4
He won't quit or give up until he brings justice everywhere on earth, and people in foreign nations long for his teaching.
Isaiah 42:10
Tell the whole world to sing a new song to the Lord ! Tell those who sail the ocean and those who live far away to join in the praise.
Isaiah 49:1
Everyone, listen, even you foreign nations across the sea. The Lord chose me and gave me a name before I was born.
Isaiah 51:5
Those who live across the sea are eagerly waiting for me to rescue them. I am strong and ready; soon I will come to save and to rule all nations.
Isaiah 59:18
Now the Lord will get furious and do to his enemies, both near and far, what they did to his people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then arose Ezra,.... From the ground where he lay:

and made the chief priests, and the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word: he took an oath of all that were present to do what was proposed, namely, to put away strange wives and their children:

and they sware; by means of which they were kept to their word of promise, an oath being a solemn, sacred, thing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 10:5. And they sware. — The thing was evidently contrary to the law of God; and now he bound them by an oath to rectify the abuse.


 
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