Then the whole group that met together answered Ezra. They said with a loud voice: “Ezra, you are right! We must do the things you say.
Ezra 10:13 - Easy To Read Version But there are many people here. And it is the rainy time of year, so we can’t stay outside. This problem can’t be solved in a day or two because we have sinned in a very bad way. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the people are many and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand outside. Nor can this work be done in a day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. American Standard Version (1901) But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. Common English Bible But there are many people, and it’s the rainy season; we can’t continue to stand outside. Nor can this task be completed in a day or two because many of us have sinned in this matter. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet truly, since the people are many, and it is the time of rain, and we cannot endure standing outside, and this is not a task for one or two days, (for certainly we have sinned greatly in this matter,) Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But as the people are many; and it is time of rain; and we are not able to stand without; and it is not a work of one day or two (for we have exceedingly sinned in this matter): |
Then the whole group that met together answered Ezra. They said with a loud voice: “Ezra, you are right! We must do the things you say.
Let our leaders decide for the whole group meeting here. Then let every person in our towns that married a foreign woman come here to Jerusalem at a planned time. Let them come here with the elders (leaders) and judges of their towns. Then God will stop being angry at us.”