Ezra 10:12

Ezra 10:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
• New International Version (NIV)The whole assembly responded with a loud voice: “You are right! We must do as you say.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, "It is so; we must do as you have said.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, “Yes! As you have said, so we must do.

Context of Ezra 10:12

10Then Ezra the priest stood up. He said to the people, ‘You have not been faithful to your God. You have married foreign wives. You have caused the whole nation of Israel to be guilty. 11Now you must agree to obey the Lord, the God that your ancestors worshipped. Turn away from your sins and do the things that please him. Make yourselves separate from the foreign people who live near you. Send away your foreign wives.’ All the people spoke with a loud voice. They said, ‘You are right. We will do as you say. 13But we are many people and we cannot continue to stand here in the heavy rain. We will need more than one or two days to do what we must do. There are many of us who have done this bad sin. 14So please let our officers decide what to do on behalf of us all. People who have married foreign wives should come here on certain days. People from each town should come on the right day, together with the leaders and judges from that town. In this way, we can make things right. Then our God will not be angry with us any longer.’

Ezra 10:12 word by word

וַיַּֽעְנ֧וּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָ֛ל וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ ק֣וֹל גָּד֑וֹל כֵּ֛ן כִּדְבָרְךָ֥ עָלֵ֖ינוּ לַעֲשֽׂוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then all the congregationקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• with a loudגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• As thou hast saidדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• so must we doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Ezra 10:12

• Ezra 10:44All these men had married foreign women. They sent them away, together with their children.
• Ezra 10:3We will make an agreement with our God. We will agree to send away these foreign women and their children. As our leader, you have told us we must do this. The people who respect our God's commands say the same thing. Now we want to do what God's law says is right.
• Nehemiah 13:23Also at that time, I discovered that men from Judah had married foreign women. They were women who came from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab.
• Psalms 78:37They did not really trust him. They did not obey the covenant that he had made with them.

Commentaries on Ezra 10:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12As thou hast said, so must we do - They all resolved to do what Ezra then commanded, they did put away their wives, even those by whom they had children; Ezra 10:44; : this was a great hardship on the women and children. Though by the Jewish laws such marriages were null and void, yet as the women they had taken did not know these laws, their case was deplorable. However, we may take it for granted that each of them received a portion according to the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 There is hope concerning people, when they are convinced, not only that it is good to part with their sins, but that it is necessary; we must do it, or we are undone. So rich is the mercy, and so plenteous the redemption of God, that there is hope for the vilest who hear the gospel, and are willing to accept of free salvation. When sinners mourn for their sins, and tremble at the word of God, there is hope that they will forsake them. To…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-44Ezra addressed the issue of marrying idol-worshipping foreigners. The Jewish leaders had permitted this practice, even though the early settlers had promised to stay away from pagan influences (Ezra 4:1–5). Ezra prayed for the nation and assisted those who felt guilty about their sins to correct their actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171. Now when Ezra had prayed--As this prayer was uttered in public, while there was a general concourse of the people at the time of the evening sacrifice and as it was accompanied with all the demonstrations of poignant sorrow and anguish, it is not surprising that the spectacle of a man so respected, a priest so holy, a governor so dignified as Ezra, appearing distressed and filled with fear at the sad state of things, should produce a deep sensation…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 10:12

• Ammonites
• Church
• Decision
• Divorce
• Ezra
• Government

In the dictionaries

• Covenant
• Divorce
• Transgression
• Trespass
• Azaelus
• Bacchurus
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Genealogy
• Proselyte
• Stranger and Sojourner (in the Old Testament)

Commentaries on Ezra 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings