Ezra 10:13
in Ezra 10But 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.
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ASV
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.
KJV
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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This verse in Ezra 10
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
it is the rainy season
on Ezra 10:13-15
The crowd's objection slows what the vow had promised. Their remedy becomes the method: leaders represent the assembly, and each case comes with its town's elders and judges. The Berean reads Jonathan and Jahzeiah as opponents, and some commentators take them as officers appointed to the work.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Commissioners were appointed to sit "de die in diem"--day after day, to enquire who had married strange wives and to oblige them to put them away, which was done accordingly (
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), which perhaps kept some away, and was very grievous to those that met in the open street. When they wept the heavens wept too, signifying that, though God was angry with them for their sin, yet he was well pleased with their repentance, and (as it is said, Judg. x.
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But the people are many,.... Who have been guilty of this evil: and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without: in the street, because of the rain: neither is this a work of one day or two; to inquire into this affair, who they are that have taken strange wives, and to persuade or oblige them to put them away: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing; in marrying strange wives.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Ezra the priest stood up, and said--Having fully represented the enormity of their sin and urged them to dissolve their unlawful connections, he was gratified by receiving a prompt acknowledgment of the justice of his reproof and a promise of compliance with his recommendation.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
and it is the rainy season for the rains are falling upon us.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲבָ֞ל | ʾaval | but | H61 → | |
| הָעָ֥ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| רָב֙ | rav | [is] numerous | H7227 → | 454 times |
| וְהָעֵ֣ת | vehaet | and the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| גְּשָׁמִ֔ים | geshamim | [is] rains | H1653 → | |
| וְאֵ֥ין | veein | and there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כֹּ֖חַ | koach | [is] ability | H3581 → | |
| לַעֲמ֣וֹד | laamod | to stand | H5975 → | 521 times |
| בַּח֑וּץ | bachutz | on the outside | H2351 → | |
| וְהַמְּלָאכָ֗ה | vehamelakhah | and the business | H4399 → | 167 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| לְי֤וֹם | leyom | [belongs] to a day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֶחָד֙ | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| לִשְׁנַ֔יִם | lishnayim | to two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הִרְבִּ֥ינוּ | hirbinu | we have increased | H7235 → | 227 times |
| לִפְשֹׁ֖עַ | lifshoa' | to transgress | H6586 → | |
| בַּדָּבָ֥ר | badavar | in the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
אֲבָ֞לbut
ʾavalH61 →
הָעָ֥םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
רָב֙[is] numerous
ravH7227 →454 times
וְהָעֵ֣תand the time
vehaetH6256 →296 times
גְּשָׁמִ֔ים[is] rains
geshamimH1653 →
וְאֵ֥יןand there not
veeinH369 →789 times
כֹּ֖חַ[is] ability
koachH3581 →
לַעֲמ֣וֹדto stand
laamodH5975 →521 times
בַּח֑וּץon the outside
bachutzH2351 →
וְהַמְּלָאכָ֗הand the business
vehamelakhahH4399 →167 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
לְי֤וֹם[belongs] to a day
leyomH3117 →2304 times
אֶחָד֙one
ʾechadH259 →971 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
לִשְׁנַ֔יִםto two
lishnayimH8147 →768 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הִרְבִּ֥ינוּwe have increased
hirbinuH7235 →227 times
לִפְשֹׁ֖עַto transgress
lifshoa'H6586 →
בַּדָּבָ֥רin the matter
badavarH1697 →1440 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.