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Berean Standard Bible

“So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,”

Ezra 10:16

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,

World English Bible (WEB)

The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers’ households, after their fathers’ houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

King James Version (KJV)

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, [with] certain heads of fathers` [houses], after their fathers` houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

E hicieron así los hijos de la transmigración. Y apartados que fueron luego Esdras sacerdote, y los varones cabezas de familias en la casa de sus padres, todos ellos por sus nombres, sentáronse el primer día del mes décimo para inquirir el negocio.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Este fue el plan que se siguió: El sacerdote Esdras y algunos jefes de familia fueron designados como jueces para resolver cada caso. Comenzaron la tarea el primer día del mes décimo, y el primer día del mes primero ya habían resuelto todos los casos de quienes se habían casado con mujeres extranjeras.

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