The entire assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “Yes, we will do just as you have said.
Ezra 10:13 - Tree of Life Version However, there are many people here and it is the rainy season, and we are not able to stand outside. Besides, this task cannot be resolved in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly 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): |
The entire assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “Yes, we will do just as you have said.
Let our leaders stand for the whole assembly. Let everyone in our cities who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each city and its judges, until the burning wrath of our God is turned back from us in this matter.”