The People’s Confession of Sin
Ezra 10:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- And the whole assembly responded in a loud voice: “Truly we must do as you say!
- KJV
- Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
- WEB
- Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
- ASV
- Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.
- LSV
- And all the assembly answers and says [with] a great voice, “Right; according to your word—on us to do;
- YLT
- And all the assembly answer and say [with] a great voice, 'Right; according to thy word — on us to do;
- DBY
- And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.
- DRC
- And all the multitude answered and said with a loud voice: According to thy word unto us, so be it done.
- GNV
- And all the Congregation answered, and sayd with a loude voyce, So will we do according to thy wordes vnto vs.
- JPS
- Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice: 'As thou hast said, so it is for us to do.
- LXXE
- Then all the congregation answered and said, This thy word is powerful upon us to do it.
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- Written (Ketiv): כְּדִבְרֶיךָ (“according to words your”). Read aloud (Qere): כִּדְבָרְךָ֥ (“according to word your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads כִּדְבָרְיךָ֥; read aloud (Qere) reads כִּדְבָרְךָ֥ (“according to word your”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָ֛ל וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ ק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל כֵּ֛ן כדבריך עָלֵ֖ינוּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃Read aloud as (qere): כִּדְבָרְךָ֥
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία, καὶ εἶπαν, μέγα τοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς ποιῆσαι.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DivorceAzaelusBacchurusProselyteAmmonitesStranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament)CovenantEsdras, the First Book ofAlliance and Society with the Enemies of GodDecision
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Ezra 10:3–4So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to…
- Psalms 78:57They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
- Psalms 78:37Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
- Nehemiah 13:23In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).