And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
and they give their hand to send out their wives, and, being guilty, a ram of the flock, for their guilt.
And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.
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