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New Century Version

Ezra 7:8

Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of Artaxerxes' seventh year as king.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ezra;   Month;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Canon;   Israel;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ezra, the Book of;   Pethahiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes;   Chronicles, Books of;   Ezra, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Artaxerxes ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Writing;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Artaxerxes;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Criticism of the Bible;   Seventy Weeks;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, during the seventh year of the king.
Hebrew Names Version
He came to Yerushalayim in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
King James Version
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
English Standard Version
And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
New English Translation
He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
Amplified Bible
Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
New American Standard Bible
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
World English Bible
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee came to Ierusalem in the fift moneth, which was in the seuenth yeere of the King.
Legacy Standard Bible
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Berean Standard Bible
Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
Contemporary English Version
God helped Ezra, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month of that seventh year, after leaving Babylonia on the first day of the first month.
Complete Jewish Bible
[‘Ezra] arrived at Yerushalayim in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king.
Darby Translation
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Easy-to-Read Version
Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year that Artaxerxes was king.
George Lamsa Translation
And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Good News Translation
They left Babylonia on the first day of the first month, and with God's help they arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month.
Lexham English Bible
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Literal Translation
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they came to Ierusalem in the fifth moneth, that is the seuenth yeare of the kynge.
American Standard Version
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Bible in Basic English
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king's rule.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he came to Hierusalem in the fifth moneth, euen in the seuenth yere of the king.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
King James Version (1611)
And he came to Ierusalem in the fifth moneth, which was in the seuenth yeere of the king.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, this was the seventh year of the king.
English Revised Version
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei camen in to Jerusalem in the fyuethe monethe; thilke is the seuenthe of the kyng.
Update Bible Version
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year of the king.
New King James Version
And Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
New Living Translation
Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in August of that year.
New Life Bible
Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month in the seventh year of the king.
New Revised Standard
They came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he entered Jerusalem, in the fifth month, - the same, was the seventh year of the king.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, in the seventh year of the king.
Revised Standard Version
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king;
Young's Literal Translation
And he cometh in to Jerusalem in the fifth month, that [is in] the seventh year of the king,
THE MESSAGE
They arrived at Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king's reign. Ezra had scheduled their departure from Babylon on the first day of the first month; they arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month under the generous guidance of his God. Ezra had committed himself to studying the Revelation of God , to living it, and to teaching Israel to live its truths and ways.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

Contextual Overview

1 After these things during the rule of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 2 the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 3 the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 4 the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the high priest. 6 This Ezra came to Jerusalem from Babylon. He was a teacher and knew well the Teachings of Moses that had been given by the Lord , the God of Israel. Ezra received everything he asked for from the king, because the Lord his God was helping him. 7 In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes more Israelites came to Jerusalem. Among them were priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and Temple servants. 8 Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month of Artaxerxes' seventh year as king. 9 Ezra had left Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, because God was helping him. 10 Ezra had worked hard to know and obey the Teachings of the Lord and to teach his rules and commands to the Israelites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Ezra 8:32 - General Ezra 9:9 - in the sight Ezra 10:9 - the ninth month Esther 2:16 - the seventh Daniel 9:25 - from

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month,.... With the above company; this was the month Abib, answering to part of July and part of August: which was in the seventh year of the king; as in the preceding verse.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 7:8. He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month — From the following verse we learn that Ezra and his company set off from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and thus we find they were upwards of four months on their journey. They could not travel fast, as they were a great company, composed in part of the aged and infirm, besides multitudes of women and children. They appear also to have taken a circuitous route. See on Ezra 8:24-32,


 
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