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LXX

Nehemiah 8:5

And Esdras opened the book before all the people, for he was above the people; and it came to pass when he had opened it, [that] all the people stood.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And Esdras opened the book before all the people, for he was above the people; and it came to pass when he had opened it, [that] all the people stood.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
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:
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
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.
World English Bible

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