EZRA 2:1 Parallel Verse View

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2:1 Variant note: נבוכדנצור: (x-qere) ’נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר’: lemma_5020 morph_HNp id_15PGK נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Καὶ οὗτοι οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς χώρας οἱ ἀναβαίνοντες ἀπὸ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας τῆς ἀποικίας, ἧς ἀπῴκισε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ Ἰούδα ἀνὴρ εἰς πόλιν αὐτοῦ·
(Kai houtoi hoi huioi taʸs ⱪōras hoi anabainontes apo taʸs aiⱪmalōsias taʸs apoikias, haʸs apōkise Nabouⱪodonosor basileus Babulōnos eis Babulōna, kai epestrepsan eis Hierousalaʸm kai Youda anaʸr eis polin autou; )

BrTr And these are the people of the land that went up, of the number of prisoners who were removed, whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away to Babylon, and they returned to Juda and Jerusalem, every man to his city;

ULT Now these are the sons of the province, the ones who went up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had exiled to Babylon. And they returned to Jerusalem and Judah, a man to his city;

UST Many years ago, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had captured many Israelite people and taken them away to the kingdom of Babylon. Now, these Israelite people began to return to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to other places in Judah. Each of them went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.

BSB § Now these are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,

OEB No OEB EZRA book available

WEBBE Now these are the children of the province who went up out of the captivity of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his city;

WMBB (Same as above)

NET These are the people of the province who were going up, from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.

LSV And these [are] sons of the province who are going up—of the captives of the expulsion that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they return to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city—

FBV This is a list of the Jewish exiles from the province[fn] who returned from captivity after King Nebuchadnezzar had taken them away to Babylon. They went back to Jerusalem and to their own towns in Judah.

2:1 “Province”: under Persian rule, Judah was simply a province of the empire

T4T King Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers had captured many Israeli people and taken them to Babylonia. Many years later, some Israeli people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to other places in Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.

LEB Now these were the people[fn] of the province who came up from the captivity of the exile whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city.

2:1 Or “sons”

BBE Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;

Moff No Moff EZRA book available

JPS Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

ASV Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

DRA Now these are the children of the province, that went out of the captivity, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juda, every man to his city.

YLT And these [are] sons of the province who are going up — of the captives of the removal that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed to Babylon, and they turn back to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city —

Drby And these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city,

RV Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;

Wbstr Now these are the children of the province that went up from the captivity, of those who had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city;

KJB-1769 Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city;
(Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Yerusalem and Yudah, every one unto his city; )

KJB-1611 ¶ Now [fn]these are the children of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, of those which had beene caried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away vnto Babylon, and came againe vnto Ierusalem and Iudah, euery one vnto his citie;
(¶ Now these are the children of the prouince, that went up out of the captiuitie, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Yerusalem and Yudah, every one unto his city;)

2:1 Nehem. 7.6, &c.

Bshps These are the children of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had caried away vnto Babylon: & came againe vnto Hierusalem and into Iuda euery one vnto his citie.
(These are the children of the prouince, that went up out of the captiuitie, whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon: and came again unto Yerusalem and into Yudah every one unto his city.)

Gnva These also are the sonnes of the prouince, that went vp out of the captiuitie (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had caried away vnto Babel) and returned to Ierusalem, and to Iudah, euery one vnto his citie,
(These also are the sons of the prouince, that went up out of the captivity (whome Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel had carried away unto Babel) and returned to Yerusalem, and to Yudah, every one unto his city, )

Cvdl These are the childre of the londe that wente vp out of the captiuyte (who Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had caried awaye vnto Babilon) and came agayne to Ierusalem and in to Iuda, euery one vnto his cite,
(These are the children of the land that went up out of the captiuyte (who Nabuchodonosor the king of Babilon had carried away unto Babilon) and came again to Yerusalem and in to Yudah, every one unto his city,)

Wycl Forsothe these ben the sones of prouynce, that stieden fro the caitifte, which Nabugodonosor, kyng of Babiloyne, hadde translatid in to Babiloyne; and thei turneden ayen in to Jerusalem and in to Juda, ech man in to his citee, that camen with Zorobabel;
(Forsothe these been the sons of prouynce, that stieden from the caitifte, which Nabugodonosor, king of Babiloyne, had translatid in to Babiloyne; and they turned again in to Yerusalem and in to Yudah, each man in to his city, that came with Zorobabel;)

Luth Dies sind die Kinder aus den Landen, die heraufzogen aus dem Gefängnis, die Nebukadnezar, der König zu Babel, hatte gen Babel geführet, und wieder gen Jerusalem und nach Juda kamen, ein jeglicher in seine Stadt.
(This/These are the children out_of the landn, the heraufzogen out_of to_him Gefängnis, the Nebukadnezar, the/of_the king to Babel, had to/toward Babel guided, and again to/toward Yerusalem and after Yuda kamen, a jeglicher in his city.)

ClVg Hi sunt autem provinciæ filii, qui ascenderunt de captivitate, quam transtulerat Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis in Babylonem, et reversi sunt in Jerusalem et Judam, unusquisque in civitatem suam.[fn]
(They are however provinciæ children, who ascenderunt about captivitate, how transtulerat Nabuchodonosor king Babylonis in Babylonem, and reversi are in Yerusalem and Yudam, unusquisque in civitatem suam. )

2.1 Hi sunt, etc. Judææ scilicet non Babyloniæ. Ad hanc enim pertinebant etiam de captivorum stirpe in Babylonia lati. Toto enim animo Judæam et Jerusalem suspirabant, quorum figuram gerit dux eorum Zorobabel, qui nomine ipso se ortum in Babylone demonstrat, sed intentione et opere civem Jerusalem. Altiori sensu filii Ecclesiæ, filii sunt patriæ cœlestis, non solum qui Ecclesiæ sacramentis jam sunt imbuti, sed etiam qui foris, id est inter impios aliquando aberrantes divina electione ante sæcula præordinati ad vitam divinæ gratiæ ministeriis sunt consecrandi. Et reversi sunt in Jerusalem. BEDA in Esdram, tom. 2. Cum enim liberati de potestate Satanæ, etc., usque ad visio autem pacis et confessio in præsenti inchoatur, et in futuro perficitur. Unusquisque in civitatem. ID., ibid. Ideo vigilanter Scriptura distinxit de qua generatione captivorum soluti in patriam redierint, etc., usque ad pro quibus certa mercede remuneret.

2.1 They are, etc. Yudææ scilicet not/no Babyloniæ. Ad hanc because pertinebant also about captivorum stirpe in Babylonia lati. Toto because animo Yudæam and Yerusalem suspirabant, quorum figuram gerit dux their Zorobabel, who nomine ipso se ortum in Babylone demonstrat, but intentione and opere civem Yerusalem. Altiori sensu children Ecclesiæ, children are patriæ cœlestis, not/no solum who Ecclesiæ sacramentis yam are imbuti, but also who foris, id it_is between impios aliquando aberrantes divina electione before sæcula præordinati to life divinæ gratiæ ministeriis are consecrandi. And reversi are in Yerusalem. BEDA in Esdram, tom. 2. Since because liberati about potestate Satanæ, etc., until to visio however pacis and confessio in præsenti inchoatur, and in futuro perficitur. Unusquisque in civitatem. ID., ibid. Ideo vigilanter Scriptura distinxit about which generatione captivorum soluti in patriam redierint, etc., until to for to_whom certa reward remuneret.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּנֵ֣י הַ⁠מְּדִינָ֗ה

sons_of the,province

Here, the sons of the province is an idiom that means that these people originated in the province of Judah. Alternate translation: “the people from the province of Judah”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הַ⁠מְּדִינָ֗ה

the,province

The province means the province of Judah. The book is referring to Judah by something associated with it, its status as a province.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הָֽ⁠עֹלִים֙

the,came_up

Went up means traveled from Babylon back to Judah, since that involves going from a river valley up into the mountains. Alternate translation: “those who returned to Judah from Babylon”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

מִ⁠שְּׁבִ֣י הַ⁠גּוֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶגְלָ֛ה נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֥ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל לְ⁠בָבֶ֑ל

from,captivity the,exiles which/who carried_captive (Some words not found in UHB: and=these sons_of the,province the,came_up from,captivity the,exiles which/who carried_captive Nebuchadnezzar king Babel to,Babylon and,returned to,Jerusalem and=Yihudah (a)_man to,town,his_own )

The abstract nouns captivity and exiles refer to the way Nebuchadnezzar took these people prisoner and transported them away from their homeland. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate the idea behind these terms with verbs. Alternate translation: “after Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had captured their ancestors, transported them to Babylon, and held them there in a foreign land”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִ֥ישׁ לְ⁠עִירֽ⁠וֹ׃

(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: and=these sons_of the,province the,came_up from,captivity the,exiles which/who carried_captive Nebuchadnezzar king Babel to,Babylon and,returned to,Jerusalem and=Yihudah (a)_man to,town,his_own )

Here, a man means each one or each person. Alternate translation: “returning to live in the same towns where their families had lived before”

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