Ezra 2:68 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

And some of the heads of the fathers in their coming in to the house of Jehovah that [is] in Jerusalem, have offered willingly for the house of God, to establish it on its base;

English ASV

And some of the heads of fathers houses, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place:

English Amplified

Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God to [re]build it on its site.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God to [re]build it on its site.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

When they arrived at the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

After they arrived at the LORD’s house in Jerusalem, some of the family heads gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its original site.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And some of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in its place.

English EASY 2024

They arrived at the Lord 's temple in Jerusalem. Some of the leaders of their families gave gifts to build the temple again where it had been before.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

When the group arrived at the place in Jerusalem where the Lord's Temple had been, the family leaders gave their gifts for building this house of God again. They wanted to build it in this same place.

Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the LORD that is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site.

English God's Word - GW 1995

When some of the heads of the families came to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem, they contributed freewill offerings to help rebuild God's temple on its {former} site.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

After they arrived at the LORD's house in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave freewill offerings for the house of God in order to have it rebuilt on its [original] site.

English KJV 1611

And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place:

English LSB

Some of the heads of fathers’ households, when they arrived at the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem, gave a freewill offering for the house of God to restore it on its foundation.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

As some of the heads of households came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, they volunteered to erect the foundations for the house of God.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Some of the heads of fathers' households, when they arrived at the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to restore it on its foundation.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family heads made free-will offerings for the house of God, to rebuild it in its place.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

When they came to the LORD’s temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild it on its site.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

All of the people arrived at the Lord's temple in Jerusalem. Then some of the leaders of the families brought offerings they chose to give. They would be used for rebuilding the house of God. It would stand in the same place it had been before.

English NIV

When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site.

English NKJ 1982

Some of the heads of the fathers’ houses, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God, to erect it in its place:

English NLT

When they arrived at the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders gave generously toward the rebuilding of God's Temple on its original site,

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

As soon as they came to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of families made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God, to erect it on its site;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Some of the leaders were able to give generously toward the rebuilding of the Temple,

English Tyndale 1537

And certain of the chief fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, they offered willingly(were well minded) unto the house of God, that it should be set in his place,