New English Translation
Ezra 2:65
65not counting their 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 instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim. 64The entire group numbered 42,360, not counting their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337. They also had 200 male and female singers 66and 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 certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob.
- Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
- 2 Samuel 19:35I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king?
- Nehemiah 7:67not counting their 7,337 male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers.
- Psalms 68:25Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.
- Psalms 148:12you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children!
- Ecclesiastes 2:8I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as valuable treasures taken from kingdoms and provinces. I acquired male singers and female singers for myself, and what gives a man sensual delight – a harem of beautiful concubines!
- Jeremiah 9:17The Lord who rules over all told me to say to this people, “Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!”
- Jeremiah 9:18I said, “Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.
- Matthew 9:23When Jesus entered the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the disorderly 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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