Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
Sons of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
ASV
The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six.
WEB
the descendants of Bigvai, 2,056;
DBT
The children of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzra — The return in two waves — Zerubbabel's altar and temple (538 BC) and Ezra's reforming arrival (458 BC). A book about rebuilding — the temple, the Torah-teaching community, and the covenant boundary.
- Author
- Ezra (traditional); the book uses first-person narrative in chs. 7–10
- Date
- Events 538–458 BC; compilation c. mid-5th century BC