Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “It is so; we must do as you have said.
Ezra 10:13 - New Revised Standard Version But the people are many, and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand in the open. Nor is this a task for one day or for two, for many of us have transgressed in this matter. 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 all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “It is so; we must do as you have said.
Let our officials represent the whole assembly, and let all in our towns who have taken foreign wives come at appointed times, and with them the elders and judges of every town, until the fierce wrath of our God on this account is averted from us.”