God’s Word Translation
Ezra 2:65
65In addition to the male and female servants who numbered 7,337, they also had 200 male and female singers.
Ezra 2:65 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
- New International Version (NIV)besides their 7,337 male and female slaves; and they also had 200 male and female singers.
- English Standard Version (ESV)besides their male and female servants, of whom there were 7,337, and they had 200 male and female singers.
- New King James Version (NKJV)besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
Context of Ezra 2:65
63The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could use the Urim and Thummim ⌞to settle the problem⌟. 64The whole assembly totaled 42,360. In addition to the male and female servants who numbered 7,337, they also had 200 male and female singers. 66They had 736 horses, 245 mules, 67435 camels, and 6,720 donkeys.
Read all of Ezra 2Ezra 2:65 word by word
מִ֠לְּבַד עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם וְאַמְהֹֽתֵיהֶם֙ אֵ֔לֶּה שִׁבְעַ֣ת אֲלָפִ֔ים שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים וְשִׁבְעָ֑ה וְלָהֶ֛ם מְשֹׁרְרִ֥ים וּֽמְשֹׁרְר֖וֹת מָאתָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Beside their servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- and their maidsאָמָה'âmâh · maidservantH519
- sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםshelôshîym shelôshîym · thirtyH7970
- there wereאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
- singing menשִׁירshîyr shûr · to singH7891
Cross-references for Ezra 2:65
- Isaiah 14:1The Lord will have compassion for Jacob and again choose Israel. He will resettle them in their own country. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
- Exodus 15:20Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, dancing with tambourines, followed her.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I’m 80 years old now. How can I tell what is pleasant and what is not? Can I taste what I eat or drink? Can I still hear the singing of men and women? Why should I now become a burden to you, Your Majesty?
- Nehemiah 7:67In addition to the male and female servants who numbered 7,337, they also had 245 male and female singers.
- Psalms 68:25The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them.
- Psalms 148:12young men and women, old and young together.
- Ecclesiastes 2:8I also gathered silver and gold for myself. I gathered the treasures of kings and provinces. I provided myself with male and female singers and the pleasures men have with one concubine after another.
- Jeremiah 9:17This is what the Lord of Armies says: Consider this: Call for the women who cry at funerals. Send for those who are the most skilled.
- Jeremiah 9:18They should come quickly and cry for us. Our eyes will run with tears. Our eyelids will flow with water.
- Matthew 9:23Jesus came to the ⌞synagogue⌟ leader’s house. He saw flute players and a noisy crowd.
Commentaries on Ezra 2:65
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 64-70Verses 64-70 Let none complain of the needful expenses of their religion. Seek first the kingdom of God, his favour and his glory, then will all other things be added unto them. Their offerings were nothing, compared with the offerings of the princes in David's time; yet, being according to their ability, were as acceptable to God. The Lord will carry us through all undertakings entered on according to his will, with an aim to his glory, and dependence on…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 64-6642,360: This number might include children, as it does not match the 28,774 people listed in Ezra 2:3–42. The large number of servants and animals indicates that some of the Jews who returned were wealthy.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-701. children of the province--that is, Judea (Ezr 5:8), so called as being now reduced from an illustrious, independent, and powerful kingdom to an obscure, servile, tributary province of the Persian empire. This name is applied by the sacred historian to intimate that the Jewish exiles, though now released from captivity and allowed to return into their own land, were still the subjects of Cyrus, inhabiting a province dependent upon Persia. came again…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Ezra 2
- 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
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