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Ezra 10:3

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

KJV

percutiamus fœdus cum Domino Deo nostro, ut projiciamus universas uxores, et eos qui de his nati sunt, juxta voluntatem Domini, et eorum qui timent præceptum Domini Dei nostri : secundum legem fiat.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν διαθώμεθα διαθήκην τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν ἐκβαλεῖν πάσας τὰς γυναῖκας καὶ τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ αὐτῶν, ὡς ἂν βούλῃ· ἀνάστηθι καὶ φοβέρισον αὐτοὺς ἐν ἐντολαῖς θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ ὡς ὁ νόμος γενηθήτω.

LXX

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

ASV

וְ/עַתָּ֣ה נִֽכְרָת בְּרִ֣ית לֵ֠/אלֹהֵי/נוּ לְ/הוֹצִ֨יא כָל נָשִׁ֜ים וְ/הַ/נּוֹלָ֤ד מֵ/הֶם֙ בַּ/עֲצַ֣ת אֲדֹנָ֔/י וְ/הַ/חֲרֵדִ֖ים בְּ/מִצְוַ֣ת אֱלֹהֵ֑י/נוּ וְ/כַ/תּוֹרָ֖ה יֵעָשֶֽׂה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הִכְרַתִּ֥י
hkrty
verb · 283×
הוֹלִ֣יד
hvlyd
verb · 478×
ו
v
noun · 183×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חָרֵ֔ד
chrd
adjective · 6×
י
y
noun · 328×
י
y
noun · 280×
י
y
noun · 221×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 7:12 — But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.
  • 2Chr 29:10 — Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us.
  • 2Chr 34:21 — Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, becaus
  • 2Kgs 11:17 — And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’s people; between the king also and the people.
  • Deut 7:2 — And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
  • Deut 29:12 — That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:
  • Ezra 9:4 — Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
  • Ezra 9:4 — Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.
  • Ezra 10:11 — Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.
  • Isa 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
  • Josh 23:12 — Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:
  • Neh 9:38 — And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
  • Neh 9:38 — And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.
  • Phil 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
  • Ps 119:59 — I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
  • Ps 119:120 — My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.