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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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In this verse

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

י
y
noun · 1849×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
עֶזְרָ֣א
'zr'
proper_noun · 22×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×

Historic Christian voices

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

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.