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Ezra 3:12

But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.

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ASV

But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

KJV

But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְרַבִּ֡יםve.ra.Bimand manyH7227 →
מֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֣יםme.ha.ko.ha.Nimof the priestsH3548 →
וְהַלְוִיִּם֩ve.hal.vi.Yimand the LevitesH3881 →
וְרָאשֵׁ֨יve.ra.Sheiand [the] heads ofH7218 →
הָאָב֜וֹתha.'a.Votthe fathersH1 →
הַזְּקֵנִ֗יםha.ze.ke.Nim<the> oldH2205 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
רָא֜וּra.'Uthey had seenH7200 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
הָֽרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOn<the> firstH7223 →
בְּיָסְד֔וֹbe.ya.se.Dowhen founded itH3245 →
זֶ֤הzehthisH2088 →
הַבַּ֙יִת֙ha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔םbe.'Ei.nei.Hemwith own eyes theirH5869 →
בֹּכִ֖יםbo.Khim[were] weepingH1058 →
בְּק֣וֹלbe.Kolwith a voiceH6963 →
גָּד֑וֹלga.DolgreatH1419 →
וְרַבִּ֛יםve.ra.Bimand many [people]H7227 →
בִּתְרוּעָ֥הbit.ru.'Ahwith a shout of joyH8643 →
בְשִׂמְחָ֖הve.sim.Chahwith gladnessH8057 →
לְהָרִ֥יםle.ha.Rimto lift upH7311 →
קֽוֹל׃Kola voiceH6963 →

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Haggai 2:3‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’Isaiah 60:22The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.Job 8:7Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.Psalms 126:6He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.Jeremiah 31:8–9Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!Matthew 13:31–32He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man planted in his field.Daniel 2:34–35As you watched, a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay, and crushed them.Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.1 Chronicles 22:5And David said, “My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house to be built for the LORD must be exceedingly magnificent—famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore I must make preparations for it.” So David made lavish preparations before his death.Ezekiel 7:20His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.Ezra 4:2they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”Jeremiah 30:3For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”

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The Rebuilding of the Temple Is Begun — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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