Verse 1

And all the people gathered themselves together as one person in the street before the Water Gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én ved Vannporten, et sted av stor betydning for tilbedelse. De ba Esra, skriftlæren, om å bringe bokrullen med Moseloven, som Herren hadde åpenbart for Israel.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én mann på torget foran Vannporten. De ba Esra, skriveren, om å hente lovboken til Moses, som Herren hadde gitt til Israel.

• Norsk King James

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én enhet på gaten foran vannporten; og de sa til Esra, skriveren, å hente lovboken til Moses, som Herren hadde befalt Israel.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da samlet hele folket seg som én mann på plassen foran Vannporten, og de ba Esra, den skriftlærde, om å hente fram Mose lovbok, som Herren hadde gitt Israel.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Da samlet alle menneskene seg som én mann på plassen foran Vannporten, og de ba Esra, den skriftlærde, om å hente frem lovboken til Moses, som Herren hadde gitt til Israel.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Hele folket samlet seg som én mann på plassen foran Vannporten, og de ba Esra, den skriftlærde, om å hente boken med Moseloven, som Herren hadde befalt Israel.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én mann til gaten foran vannporten, og de talte til Ezra, skriveren, om å hente Moselovens bok, som Herren hadde befalt Israel.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Hele folket samlet seg som én mann på plassen foran Vannporten, og de ba Esra, den skriftlærde, om å hente boken med Moseloven, som Herren hadde befalt Israel.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Da samlet hele folket seg som én mann på plassen foran Vannporten. De ba Esra, skriveren, om å hente Moseloven, som Herren hadde gitt til Israel.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  All the people gathered together as one in the open square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én mann på plassen foran Vannporten, og de ba Esra, den skriftlærde, om å hente Mose lovbok som Herren hadde gitt Israel.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Da samledes det ganske Folk som een Mand paa Gaden, som er for Vandporten, og de sagde til Esra, den Skriftlærde, at (han skulde) fremføre Mose Lovbog, som Herren havde budet Israel.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And all the people gathered themselves together as o man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én mann på torget foran vannporten. De bad Esra, skriftlæreren, om å hente Moses' lovbok, som Herren hadde pålagt Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Hele folket samlet seg som én mann på den åpne plassen foran Vannporten, og de sa til Esra, den skriftlærde, at han skulle hente lovboken til Moses, som Herren hadde befalt Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én mann på plassen foran Vannporten, og de sa til Esra, skriveren, at han skulle ta frem boken med Moseloven, som Herren hadde befalt Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Og hele folket samlet seg som én mann på den åpne plassen foran Vannporten; og de ba Esra, den skriftlærde, om å hente boken med Moseloven som Herren hadde pålagt Israel.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Da den sjuende måneden kom, var Israels barn i sine byer. Og alle menneskene samlet seg som én mann på plassen foran vannporten; og de ba Esra, skriveren, om å legge frem lovboken til Moses som Herren hadde gitt Israel.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Now whan the seuenth moneth drue nye, and ye children of Israel were in their cities, all the people gathered them selues together as one man vpon the strete before the Watergate, and sayde vnto E?dras the scrybe, that he shulde fetch the boke of the lawe of Moses, which the LORDE commaunded Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And all the people assembled themselues together, in the streete that was before the watergate, and they spake vnto Ezra the Scribe, that hee would bring the booke of ye Law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And all the people gathered them selues together as one man, in the streete that was before the water gate, and they saide vnto Esdras the scribe, that he should fetch the booke of the law of Moyses, which the Lorde commaunded to Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that [was] before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And all the people are gathered as one man unto the broad place that `is' before the water-gate, and they say to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, that Jehovah commanded Israel.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded to Israel.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their towns. And all the people came together like one man into the wide place in front of the water-doorway; and they made a request to Ezra the scribe that he would put before them the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

• World English Bible (2000)

  All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The People Respond to the Reading of the Law When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were settled in their cities, all the people gathered together in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel.

Referenced Verses

• Ezra 7:6 : 6 This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given. The king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
• Neh 3:26 : 26 Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, to the place opposite the water gate toward the east, and the tower that protrudes.
• 2 Chr 34:15 : 15 And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.
• Ezra 3:1-9 : 1 And when the seventh month had come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one person to Jerusalem. 2 Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak stood up, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God. 3 And they set the altar upon its bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. 4 They also kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; 5 And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of everyone that willingly offered a freewill offering to the LORD. 6 From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. 7 They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, to those of Zidon, and to those of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia. 8 Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all those who had come out of the captivity to Jerusalem, began; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to oversee the work of the house of the LORD. 9 Then Jeshua stood with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to supervise the workers in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites. 10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the ordinance of David king of Israel. 11 And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to the LORD; because He is good, for His mercy endures forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of the fathers' houses, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy, 13 So that the people could not distinguish the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard far away.
• Judg 20:1 : 1 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation gathered together as one, from Dan to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.
• Judg 20:8 : 8 And all the people arose as one, saying, None of us will go to his tent, nor will any of us turn into his house.
• Ezra 7:11 : 11 Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
• Neh 8:4-9 : 4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon a wooden platform, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Urijah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchiah, Hashum, Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 7 Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites helped the people to understand the law; and the people stood in their place. 8 So they read in the book of the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and helped them to understand the reading. 9 And Nehemiah, who is the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.
• Neh 8:16 : 16 So the people went out and brought them, and made themselves booths, each one on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the Water Gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim.
• Neh 12:37 : 37 And at the Fountain Gate, which was opposite them, they went up by the stairs of the City of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even to the Water Gate eastward.
• Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony: if they do not speak according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
• Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Behold, certainly in vain he made it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
• Mal 4:4 : 4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments.
• Matt 13:52 : 52 He said to them, Therefore every teacher of the law who is instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.
• Matt 23:2 : 2 saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
• Matt 23:13 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, nor allow those who are entering to go in.
• Matt 23:34 : 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: