New International VersionSo the exiles did as was proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, one from each family division, and all of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to investigate the cases,
New Living TranslationSo this was the plan they followed. Ezra selected leaders to represent their families, designating each of the representatives by name. On December 29, the leaders sat down to investigate the matter.
English Standard VersionThen the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of fathers’ houses, according to their fathers’ houses, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter;
Berean Standard BibleSo the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
King James BibleAnd the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest,
with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by
their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
New King James VersionThen the descendants of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest,
with certain heads of the fathers’
households, were set apart by the fathers’ households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
New American Standard BibleBut the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men
who were the heads of fathers’
households for
each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
NASB 1995But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers’ households for each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
NASB 1977But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men
who were heads of fathers’
households for
each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
Legacy Standard BibleBut the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest separated out men
who were heads of fathers’
households for
each of their father’s households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
Amplified BibleThen the [former] exiles did so. Ezra the priest and men
who were heads of fathers’
households were selected, according to their fathers’ households, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
Christian Standard BibleThe exiles did what had been proposed. The priest Ezra selected men who were family heads, all identified by name, to represent their ancestral families. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,
Holman Christian Standard BibleThe exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family leaders, all identified by name, to represent their ancestral houses. They convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter,
American Standard VersionAnd the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Contemporary English VersionEveryone else who had returned from exile agreed with the plan. So Ezra the priest chose men who were heads of the families, and he listed their names. They started looking into the matter on the first day of the tenth month,
English Revised VersionAnd the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationThe former exiles did this. Ezra the priest chose men who were heads of families. He chose one from each family division. (They were all [listed] by name.) They sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
Good News TranslationThe returned exiles accepted the plan, so Ezra the priest appointed men from among the heads of the clans and recorded their names. On the first day of the tenth month they began their investigation,
International Standard VersionSo those who had returned from exile did this. Ezra the priest and leaders of certain ancestral groups listed by name devoted themselves to examine the situation on the first day of the tenth month.
NET BibleSo the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out by name men who were leaders in their family groups. They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month,
New Heart English BibleBut the descendants of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest selected for himself men, heads of fathers’ houses, according to their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names. So they began their sessions on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Webster's Bible TranslationAnd the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard BibleSo the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
World English BibleThe children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard VersionAnd the sons of the expulsion do so, and Ezra the priest, [and] men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;
Young's Literal Translation And the sons of the removal do so, and Ezra the priest, and men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, are separated, even all of them by name, and they sit on the first day of the tenth month, to examine the matter;
Smith's Literal TranslationAnd thus the sons of the exile will do. And they will be separated, Ezra the priest, men, heads of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, and all of them by names, and they will it down in one day to the tenth month to seek out the word.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleAnd the children of the captivity did so. And Esdras the priest, and the men heads of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all by their names, went and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Catholic Public Domain VersionAnd the sons of the transmigration did so. And Ezra, the priest, and the men who were the leaders of the families in the houses of their fathers, and all according to their names, went and sat down, on the first day of the tenth month, so that they might examine the matter.
New American BibleThe exiles did as agreed. Ezra the priest appointed as his assistants men who were heads of ancestral houses, one for each ancestral house, all of them designated by name. They held sessions to examine the matter, beginning with the first day of the tenth month.
New Revised Standard VersionThen the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest selected men, heads of families, according to their families, each of them designated by name. On the first day of the tenth month they sat down to examine the matter.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleAnd the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected ten men, chiefs of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them were called by their names; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAnd thus did the children of the captivity, and Azra the Priest separated ten men, Chiefs of the fathers, for the house of their fathers, and all of them were called by name, and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were separated; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.
Brenton Septuagint TranslationAnd the children of the captivity did thus: and Esdras the priest, and heads of families according to
their house were separated, and all by their names, for they returned in the first day of the tenth month to search out the matter.
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