Nehemiah 8:5

And Ezra the scribe opened the book before the eyes of all the people, for, above all the people, was he,—and, when he opened it, all the people, stood up.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

4And Ezra the scribe stood upon a lofty platform of wood, which they had made for the purpose, and there stood, beside him, Mattithiah and Shema and Anaiah and Uriah and Hilkiah and Maaseiah, on his right hand,—and, on his left, Pedaiah and Mishael and Malchijah and Hashum and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, Meshullam.

6And Ezra blessed Yahweh the great God,—and all the people responded, Amen! Amen! with the lifting up of their hands,—and they bent their heads and bowed themselves down unto Yahweh, with their faces to the ground.

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Cross References

Judges 3:20And, Ehud, came in unto him, he, having been sitting in a summer parlour, which he had for himself, alone, and Ehud said, A divine word, have I, unto thee. So he arose from off his seat.

Luke 4:16And he came into Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, on the sabbath day, into the synagogue,—and stood up to read.

Matthew Henry on Nehemiah 8:2-9

The Explanation of the Law. ( b. c. 444.) 1 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. 2 And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the… Read the whole commentary →

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