Ezra 3:9 (YLT)

Passage

And Jeshua standeth, <FI>and<Fi> his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah together, to overlook those doing the work in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, <FI>and<Fi> their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Nearby Context

Ezra 3:7 and they give money to hewers and to artificers, and food, and drink, and oil to Zidonians and to Tyrians, to bring in cedar-trees from Lebanon unto the sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia concerning them.

Ezra 3:8 And in the second year of their coming in unto the house of God, to Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all those coming from the captivity to Jerusalem, and they appoint the Levites from a son of twenty years and upward, to overlook the work of the house of Jehovah.

Ezra 3:9 And Jeshua standeth, <FI>and<Fi> his sons, and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah together, to overlook those doing the work in the house of God; the sons of Henadad, <FI>and<Fi> their sons and their brethren the Levites.

Ezra 3:10 And those building have founded the temple of Jehovah, and they appoint the priests, clothed, with trumpets, and the Levites, sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, by means of <FI>the instruments of<Fi> David king of Israel.

Ezra 3:11 And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness <FI>is<Fi> over Israel, and all the people have shouted--a great shout--in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jeshua", "standeth", "sons", "brethren", "kadmiel", and "judah". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jeshua" and "standeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "And in the second year of their..." into verse 10's "And those building have founded the temple...", so "jeshua" and "standeth" belong inside that flow. In Ezra context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jeshua" and "standeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.