KJV King James Version
But the people [are] many, and [it is] a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither [is this] a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ezra 10:13
But the people [are] many, and [it is] a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither [is this] a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But there are many people here, and it is the rainy season. We are not able to stay out in the open. Nor is this the work of one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter.
WEB World English Bible
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside; neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
ASV American Standard Version
But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
but the people are many, and it is the time of showers, and there is no power to stand without, and the work is not for one day, nor for two, for we have multiplied to transgress in this thing.
Surrounding context — Ezra 10
10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.
11 Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
13 But the people [are] many, and [it is] a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither [is this] a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.
14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.
15 Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this [matter]: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.
16 And 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.
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אֲבָ֞לH61 · a.valtrulyהָעָ֥םH5971 · ampeopleרָב֙H7227 · ravmanyוְהָעֵ֣תH6256 · ettimeגְּשָׁמִ֔יםH1653 · ge.shemrainוְאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingכֹּ֖חַH3581 · ko.achreptileלַעֲמ֣וֹדH5975 · a.madto stand: standבַּח֑וּץH2351 · chutsoutsideוְהַמְּלָאכָ֗הH4399 · me.la.khahworkלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotלְי֤וֹםH3117 · yomdayאֶחָד֙H259 · e.chadoneוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotלִשְׁנַ֔יִםH8147 · she.na.yimtwoכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforהִרְבִּ֥ינוּH7235 · ra.vahto multiplyלִפְשֹׁ֖עַH6586 · pa.sahto transgressבַּדָּבָ֥רH1697 · da.varwordהַזֶּֽה׃H2088 · zehthis
Cross-references
Ezra 10:18-44And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: [namely], of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.Matthew 7:13-14Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
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