Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When I heard this, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled. New Living Translation When I heard this, I tore my cloak and my shirt, pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat down utterly shocked. English Standard Version As soon as I heard this, I tore my garment and my cloak and pulled hair from my head and beard and sat appalled. Berean Standard Bible When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror. King James Bible And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. New King James Version So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished. New American Standard Bible When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled out some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled. NASB 1995 When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled. NASB 1977 And when I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled. Legacy Standard Bible When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down in consternation. Amplified Bible When I heard this, I tore my clothing and my robe [in grief], I pulled out some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled [at the shame of it]. Christian Standard Bible When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated. Holman Christian Standard Bible When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and robe, pulled out some of the hair from my head and beard, and sat down devastated. American Standard Version And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Then, when I heard this matter, I tore my garments and my robe, and I pulled out of the hair of my head and of my beard, and I was sitting down and was speechless. Brenton Septuagint Translation And when I heard this thing, I rent my garments, and trembled, and plucked some of the hairs of my head and of my beard, and sat down mourning. Contemporary English Version This news made me so angry that I ripped my clothes and tore hair from my head and beard. Then I just sat in shock Douay-Rheims Bible And when I had heard this word, I rent my mantle and my coat, and plucked off the hairs of my head and my beard, and I sat down mourning. English Revised Version And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. GOD'S WORD® Translation When I heard this, I tore my clothes [in distress], pulled hair from my scalp and my beard, and sat down in shock. Good News Translation When I heard this, I tore my clothes in despair, tore my hair and my beard, and sat down crushed with grief. International Standard Version When I heard this, I tore both my garment and robe, plucked hair from both my head and my beard, and collapsed in shock! JPS Tanakh 1917 And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down appalled. Literal Standard Version And at my hearing this word, I have torn my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished, Majority Standard Bible When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror. New American Bible When I had heard this, I tore my cloak and my mantle, plucked hair from my head and beard, and sat there devastated. NET Bible When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated. New Revised Standard Version When I heard this, I tore my garment and my mantle, and pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat appalled. New Heart English Bible When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded. Webster's Bible Translation And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded. World English Bible When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled the hair out of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded. Young's Literal Translation And at my hearing this word, I have rent my garment and my upper robe, and pluck out of the hair of my head, and of my beard, and sit astonished, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Intermarriage with Neighboring Peoples…2Indeed, the Israelites have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the people of the land. And the leaders and officials have taken the lead in this unfaithfulness!” 3When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror. 4Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.… Cross References 2 Samuel 1:11 Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same. 2 Kings 18:37 Then Hilkiah's son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph's son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh. Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven. Psalm 119:53 Rage has taken hold of me because of the wicked who reject Your law. Treasury of Scripture And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished. rent Joshua 7:6 And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 2 Kings 18:37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. 2 Kings 19:1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. off Leviticus 21:5 They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. Nehemiah 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. Isaiah 15:2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. sat Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, Job 2:12,13 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven… Psalm 66:3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. Jump to Previous Appalled Astonied Astonished Beard Chin Cloak Confounded Deeply Earth Garment Garments Grief Hair Head Heard Hearing Mantle Matter Overwhelmed Pluck Plucked Pulled Pulling Rent Robe Sat Seat Signs Sit Tore Troubled Tunic WordJump to Next Appalled Astonied Astonished Beard Chin Cloak Confounded Deeply Earth Garment Garments Grief Hair Head Heard Hearing Mantle Matter Overwhelmed Pluck Plucked Pulled Pulling Rent Robe Sat Seat Signs Sit Tore Troubled Tunic WordEzra 9 1. Ezra mourns for the affinity of the people with strangers5. He prays unto God, with confession of sins Verse 3. - I rent my garment and my mantle. Rending the clothes was always, and still is, one of the commonest Oriental modes of showing grief. Reuben rent his clothes when his brothers sold Joseph to the Midianites, and Jacob did the same when he believed that Joseph was dead (Genesis 37:29, 34). Job "rent his mantle" on learning the death of his sons and daughters (Job 1:20); and his friends "rent every one his mantle when they came to mourn with him and comfort him" (Job 2:11, 12). Rent clothes indicated that a messenger was a messenger of woe (1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 1:2), or that a man had heard something that had greatly shocked him, and of which he wished to express his horror (2 Kings 18:37; Matthew 26:65). Ezra's action is of this last kind, expressive of horror more than of grief, but perhaps in some degree of grief also. And plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard. These are somewhat unusual signs of grief among the Orientals, who were wont to shave the head in great mourning, but seldom tore the hair out by the roots. The practice is not elsewhere mentioned in Scripture, excepting in the apocryphal books (1 Esdras 8:71; 2 Esdras 1:8; Apoc. Esther 4:2). And sat down astonied. Compare Daniel 4:19; Daniel 8:27, where the same verb is used in the same sense. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When I heardוּכְשָׁמְעִי֙ (ū·ḵə·šā·mə·‘î) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | first person common singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently this הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 2088: This, that report, הַדָּבָ֣ר (had·dā·ḇār) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause I tore קָרַ֥עְתִּי (qā·ra‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7167: To rend my tunic בִּגְדִ֖י (biḡ·ḏî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 899: A covering, clothing, treachery, pillage and cloak, וּמְעִילִ֑י (ū·mə·‘î·lî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 4598: A robe pulled out וָאֶמְרְטָ֞ה (wā·’em·rə·ṭāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 4803: To make smooth, bare or bald, to scour, polish some hair מִשְּׂעַ֤ר (miś·śə·‘ar) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8181: Hair from my head רֹאשִׁי֙ (rō·šî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 7218: The head and beard, וּזְקָנִ֔י (ū·zə·qā·nî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2206: Beard, chin and sat down וָאֵשְׁבָ֖ה (wā·’ê·šə·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in horror. מְשׁוֹמֵֽם׃ (mə·šō·w·mêm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8074: To stun, devastate, stupefy Links Ezra 9:3 NIVEzra 9:3 NLT Ezra 9:3 ESV Ezra 9:3 NASB Ezra 9:3 KJV Ezra 9:3 BibleApps.com Ezra 9:3 Biblia Paralela Ezra 9:3 Chinese Bible Ezra 9:3 French Bible Ezra 9:3 Catholic Bible OT History: Ezra 9:3 When I heard this thing I tore (Ezr. 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