Nehemiah 8:5
Good News Translation
As Ezra stood there on the platform high above the people, they all kept their eyes fixed on him. As soon as he opened the book, they all stood up.

New Revised Standard Version
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

Contemporary English Version
Ezra was up on the high platform, where he could be seen by everyone, and when he opened the book, all the people stood up.

New American Bible
Ezra opened the scroll so that all the people might see it, for he was standing higher than any of the people. When he opened it, all the people stood.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.

opened

Luke 4:16,17 And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day: and he rose up to read. . . .

sight.

Judges 3:20 Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne.

1 Kings 8:14 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood.

Context
Ezra Reads the Law
4And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam. 5And Esdras opened the book before all the people: for he was above all the people: and when he had opened it, all the people stood.6And Esdras blessed the Lord the great God: and all the people answered, Amen, amen: lifting up their hands: and they bowed down, and adored God with their faces to the ground.…
Cross References
Judges 3:20
Aod went in to him: now he was sitting in a summer parlour alone, and he said: I have a word from God to thee. And he forthwith rose up from his throne.

1 Kings 8:12
Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.

Nehemiah 8:3
And he read it plainly in the street that was before the water gate, from the morning until midday, before the men, and the women, and all those that could understand: and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book.

Nehemiah 8:4
And Esdras the scribe stood upon a step of wood, which he had made to speak upon, and there stood by him Mathathias, and Semeia, and Ania, and Uria, and Helcia, and Maasia, on his right hand: and on the left, Phadaia, Misael, and Melchia, and Hasum, and Hasbadana, Zacharia and Mosollam.

Nehemiah 8:4
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