Nehemiah 8:5
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
KJV
Et aperuit Esdras librum coram omni populo : super universum quippe populum eminebat : et cum aperuisset eum, stetit omnis populus.
Vulgate
καὶ ἤνοιξεν Ἔσρας τὸ βιβλίον ἐνώπιον παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸς ἦν ἐπάνω τοῦ λαοῦ· καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἤνοιξεν αὐτό, ἔστη πᾶς ὁ λαός.
LXX
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people (for he was above all the people); and when he opened it, all the people stood up.
ASV
וַ/יִּפְתַּ֨ח עֶזְרָ֤א הַ/סֵּ֨פֶר֙ לְ/עֵינֵ֣י כָל הָ/עָ֔ם כִּֽי מֵ/עַ֥ל כָּל הָ/עָ֖ם הָיָ֑ה וּ/כְ/פִתְח֖/וֹ עָֽמְד֥וּ כָל הָ/עָֽם
Hebrew
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Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:14 — And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;)
- Judg 3:20 — And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.