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


In Context

9 Then all the men of Juda, and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days, in the ninth month, the twentieth day of the month: and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of the sin, and the rain.

10 And Esdras the priest stood up, and said to them: You have transgressed, and taken strange wives, to add to the sine of Israel.

11 And now make confession to the Lord the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from your strange wives.

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

13 But as the people are many, and it is time of rain, and me are not able to stand without, and it is not a work of one day or two, (for we have exceedingly sinned in this matter,)

14 Let rulers be appointed in all the multitude: and in all our cities, let them that have taken strange wives come at the times appointed, and with them the ancients and the judges of every city, until the wrath of our God be turned away from us for this sin.

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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:12And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

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.