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


In Context

9 Within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin had gathered in Jerusalem. And on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people were sitting in the square before the house of God, greatly distressed by the occasion and because of the rain.

10 Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful; you have married foreign women, adding to Israel's guilt.

11 Now make confession to the Lord , the God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the peoples around you and from your foreign wives."

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

13 But there are many people here and it is the rainy season; so we cannot stand outside. Besides, this matter cannot be taken care of in a day or two, because we have sinned greatly in this thing.

14 Let our officials act for the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at a set time, along with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away 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 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 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.