Ezra 10:17

Ezra 10:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.
• New International Version (NIV)and by the first day of the first month they finished dealing with all the men who had married foreign women.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of all the men who had married foreign women.
• New King James Version (NKJV)By the first day of the first month they finished questioning all the men who had taken pagan wives.

Context of Ezra 10:17

15Only four men did not agree with this. They were Asahel's son, Jonathan, Tikvah's son, Jahzeiah, as well as Meshullam and Shabbethai, the Levite. 16So the Jews who had returned from Babylon did what they had agreed to do. Ezra the priest chose family leaders for each clan. He wrote down their names. The leaders met together to decide what to do. They started on the first day of the tenth month. They finished on the first day of the first month of the new year. 18These are the priests who had married foreign wives. From the clan of Jozadak's son, Jeshua, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, Gedaliah. 19These men promised to send away their wives. Each of them gave a male sheep as a sacrifice because they were guilty.

Ezra 10:17 word by word

וַיְכַלּ֣וּ בַכֹּ֔ל אֲנָשִׁ֕ים הַהֹשִׁ֖יבוּ נָשִׁ֣ים נָכְרִיּ֑וֹת עַ֛ד י֥וֹם אֶחָ֖ד לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they made an endכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• with all the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• that had takenיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• strangeנׇכְרִיnokrîy · foreignH5237
• wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• by the firstאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320

Commentaries on Ezra 10:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17The first day of the first month - So they were three whole months in examining into this affair, and making those separations which the law required.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17The business occupied the commission full two months. In some cases, it may be presumed, they had to summon persons before them who did not wish to part with their foreign wives; in all, they had to assure themselves that the wives were foreign; finally, they had in every case where they decreed a divorce to make out the “writing of divorcement” Ezra 10:3.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-44Verses 15-44 The best reformers can but do their endeavour; when the Redeemer himself shall come to Zion, he shall effectually turn away ungodliness from Jacob. And when sin is repented of and forsaken, God will forgive it; but the blood of Christ, our Sin-offering, is the only atonement which takes away our guilt. No seeming repentance or amendment will benefit those who reject Him, for self-dependence proves them still unhumbled. All the names written…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 10:17

• Ammonites
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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