Ezra 10:43

What does Ezra 10:43 mean?

A plain-English look at Ezra 10:43 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Ezra 10:43 means

From the sons of Nebo, several are named: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, Joel, and Benaiah. This final family entry demonstrates that the reform touched many corners of the returned community. By ending with another sizable group, the text leaves no impression that the matter was trivial. Each name stands as a sober reminder of how easily covenant identity can be blurred and how necessary decisive repentance is to renew the community’s life with God in the land.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Of the sons of Nebo, Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Of the sons of Nebo, Jehiel, Mathathias, Zabad, Zabina, Jeddu, and Joel, and Banaia.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Of the children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

Context

With the sons of Nebo recorded, the catalog of offenders concludes. Only the chapter’s final summary remains, which will restate the central issue and note the presence of children in some unions. That closing line will cement the pathos and seriousness of the reform—thorough in scope and painful in application—urging readers to grasp both the cost of disobedience and the cost of returning to covenant faithfulness.

v.42Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

v.43This passage

v.44All these had taken foreign wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had children.

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