Verse List for NEH 8:8

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Text critical issues=minor/spelling Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) They read the scroll containing God’s instructions, explaining how it applied so the people could understand it.

OET-LV And_they _read _aloud in_scroll in_the _law _of the_ʼElohīm making _clear and_they _gave the_sense and_they _understood (in)_reading.

ULT And they read aloud carefully from the book, from the law of God, and set the interpretation. And they understood the reading.[fn]

UST They read clearly from the scroll of the law of God, and they explained what it meant, so that the people understood what Ezra and the others were reading.

BSB & MSB So they read from the Book of the Law of God, explaining it[fn] and giving insight, so that the people could understand what was being read.

OEB No OEB NEH book available

WEBBE & WMBB They read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

NET They read from the book of God’s law, explaining it and imparting insight. Thus the people gained understanding from what was read.

LSV and they read in the Scroll, in the Law of God, explaining—so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

FBV They read from the Book of the Law of God, making clear the meaning so that the people could understand what it said.[fn]

T4T They also read from scrolls that contained the laws that God gave to Moses, and they interpreted into the Aramaic language what they read, making the meaning clear so that the people could understand the meaning.

LEB So they read the book from the law[fn] of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that they could understand the reading.

BBE And they gave out the words of the book the law of God, clearly, and gave the sense of it, so that their minds were able to take it in.

Moff they read from the book, from the law of God, translating as they went and explaining the meaning, so that the people understood what was read.

JPS And they read in the book, in the Law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

ASV And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

DRA And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly and plainly to be understood: and they understood when it was read.

YLT and they read in the book, in the law of God, explaining — so as to give the meaning, and they give understanding to the convocation.

Drby And they read in the law of [fn]God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.

RV And they read in the book, in the law of God, distinctly; and they gave the sense, so that they understood the reading.

SLT And they will read in the book in the law of God accurately, and he set up the understanding, and they will cause to understand the reading.

Wbstr So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

KJB-1769 So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.

KJB-1611 So they read in the booke, in the Law of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And they read in the booke of the lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
(And they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.)

Gnva And they read in the booke of the Lawe of God distinctly, and gaue the sense, and caused them to vnderstand the reading.
(And they read in the book of the Law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.)

Cvdl And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely, so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red.
(And they red in the book of the law of God distinctly and planely, so that men understood the thing that was red.)

Wycl And thei redden in the book of Goddis lawe distinctli, `ether atreet, and opynli to vndurstonde; `and thei vndurstoden, whanne it was red.
(And they redden in the book of God’s law distinctli, either atreet, and openly to understood; and they understood, when it was red.)

Luth Und sie lasen im Gesetzbuch Gottes klar und verständlich, daß man‘s verstund, da man‘s las.
(And they/she/them read in_the statute_book God’s clear and verständlich, that man’s understood, there man’s read.)

ClVg Et legerunt in libro legis Dei distincte, et aperte ad intelligendum: et intellexerunt cum legeretur.
(And lawfullyrunt in/into/on book law of_God distincte, and openly to to_be_understood: and they_understood when/with to_readtur.)

UHB וַֽ⁠יִּקְרְא֥וּ בַ⁠סֵּ֛פֶר בְּ⁠תוֹרַ֥ת הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֖ים מְפֹרָ֑שׁ וְ⁠שׂ֣וֹם שֶׂ֔כֶל וַ⁠יָּבִ֖ינוּ בַּ⁠מִּקְרָֽא׃ס ‡

BrLXX No BrLXX NEH book available

BrTr And they read in the book of the law of God, and Esdras taught, and instructed them distinctly in the knowledge of the Lord, and the people understood the law in the reading.