12And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.


In Context

9 Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.

10 And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

11 And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

12 And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

13 But the people are many, and it is a time of pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

14 Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.

Ezra 10:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:12The whole assembly responded with a loud voice: "You are right! We must do as you say.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:12And all the multitude answered and said with a loud voice: According to thy word unto us, so be it done.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:12Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, as thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:12Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, |As you have said concerning us, so must we do.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:12And all the assembly answer and say with a great voice, 'Right; according to thy word — on us to do;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:12Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As you have said, so must we do.