Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
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Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, “We must do as you have said concerning us.
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Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
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Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice: 'As thou hast said, so it is for us to do.
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Passages linked to Ezra 10:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezra 10:3-4 Now therefore let’s make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and those who are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God. Let it be done according to the law. Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
- Nehemiah 13:23 In those days I also saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
- Psalms 78:37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
- Psalms 78:57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said…
Ezr 10:12 Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.
Ver. 12. Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice] But not with a true heart, Heb 10:22. For within a few years they returned to their vomit again.
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As thou hast said, so must we do] These were good words, and not unlike those of Laelius, in Lucan, spoken to Caesar:
Iussa sequi tam velle mihi, quam posse, necesse est.
But many of these fair promisers turned back, and dealt unfaithfully, like their fathers; they were turned aside like a deceitful bow, Psa 78:57. Look how a rotten bow, though otherwise fair, when an arrow is drawn to the head, and both eye and arrow is levelled to the mark, yet it miscarrieth; so do the desires, purposes, and promises that unsound hearts conceive in their afflictions, and under just convictions.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then all the congregation answered and said with a…
Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice,.... That they might be heard, and to show that they were willing and ready to comply with what was proposed:
as thou host said, so must we do; being convinced of their sin, they saw it was a duty incumbent on them to put away their strange wives, and that there was a necessity of it, to avert the wrath of God from them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. As thou hast said, so must we…
Verse 12. As thou hast said, so must we do.] They all resolved to do what Ezra then commanded, they did put away their wives, even those by whom they had children; Ezr 10:44: this was a great hardship on the women and children. Though by the Jewish laws such marriages were null and void, yet as the women they had taken did not know these laws, their case was deplorable. However, we may take it for granted that each of them received a portion according to the circumstances of their husbands, and that they and their children were not turned away desolate, but had such a provision as their necessities required. Humanity must have dictated this, and no law of God is contrary to humanity. After all, there is some room to doubt whether they did put them finally away, for several years after Nehemiah found Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab; Ne 13:23. And if these were not the same women, we find that the same offense was continued.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. All… answered — It was the loud uttered…
12. All… answered — It was the loud uttered vow and pledge of a vast assembly to conform to the Divine requirement. Compare Jos_1:16-18, notes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 12. Then all the congregation, &c.] The deliberations are…
12. Then all the congregation, &c.] The deliberations are not recorded. The substance of their decision is here paraphrased. The method of its expression was probably by unanimous acclamation. We can hardly suppose that there was free discussion. The princes debated and harangued the multitude: the multitude listened and expressed disapproval or approbation by cries and shouting.
with a loud voice] Cf. Ezr_3:12; 2Sa_15:23.
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As thou hast said, so must we do] R.V. As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do. R.V. marg. ‘As thou hast said, so it behoveth us to do’. Literally the clause runs ‘According to thy word (or words) upon us to do’. It is a disputed point whether ‘upon us’ is to be taken with what precedes or with what follows, i.e. ‘according to thy word respecting us, it is necessary to do’ or ‘according to thy word, it falls upon us to do’. (a) The rendering of the R.V. text is that of the Vulgate ‘juxta verbum tuum ad nos, sic fiat’, and is supported by the traditional Jewish interpretation supplied by the Hebrew accents. The sentence is then clearly greatly condensed, and although the construction of the verb ‘to do’ is very harsh, the meaning is clear. (b) As however the rest of the people’s reply shows no symptom of such compression, the alternative explanation of the rendering in the margin seems preferable. The use of the preposition ‘upon’, with a sense of ‘duty’ or ‘obligation’ occurred in Ezr_10:4. Cf. Neh_13:13; 2Sa_18:11. The people then accept the responsibility in which their assent involves them.
12–14. The resolution of the general assembly epitomised. A general assent to Ezra’s proposal. The time of the year and the magnitude of the task make it necessary to appoint a commission to carry it into execution.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 this is not only one or two days of…
this is not only one or two days of work
This litotes can be translated in positive form. AT: "we will need a long time to do all this work" (See: Litotes)
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