• Ezra 3:12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 12 Many of the priests, the Levites, and the heads of the paternal houses—the old men who had seen the former house+—wept with a loud voice when they saw the foundation of this house being laid, while many others shouted joyfully at the top of their voice.+

  • Ezra 3:12
    The Bible in Living English

    • 12* But to many of the older priests and Levites and heads of families, who had seen the first house, the house seemed miserable; and they were weeping loudly, and many were raising their voices high in cheering and gladness;

  • Ezra 3:12
    American Standard Version

    • 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ houses, the old 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:

  • Ezra 3:12
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 12 But many of the priests and the Levites and the ancestral chiefs who were old men that had seen the first house when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes were weeping with a loud voice,—many however, shouting and rejoicing with voice raised on high;

  • Ezra 3:12
    King James Version

    • 12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, 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: