Ezra 6:7

Ezra 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not interfere with the work on this temple of God. Let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders rebuild this house of God on its site.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.

Context of Ezra 6:7

5Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought back to their [proper] places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.’ 6“Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province west of the [Euphrates] River, Shethar-bozenai and your associates, the officials who are west of the River, keep far away from there. Leave the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders rebuild this house of God on its site. 8Also, I issue a decree as to what you are to do for these Jewish elders for the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the River, and that without delay. 9Whatever is needed, including young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, according to the request of the priests at Jerusalem, let it all be given to them daily without fail,

Ezra 6:7 word by word

שְׁבֻ֕קוּ לַעֲבִידַ֖ת בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֣א דֵ֑ךְ פַּחַ֤ת יְהוּדָיֵא֙ וּלְשָׂבֵ֣י יְהוּדָיֵ֔א בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דֵ֖ךְ יִבְנ֥וֹן עַל־אַתְרֵֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let the workעֲבִידָה‛ăbîydâh · serviceH5673
• of thisדֵּךְdêk dâk · thisH1791
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · houseH1005
• of Godאֱלָהּ'ĕlâhh · godH426
• aloneשְׁבַקshebaq · to be leftH7662
• let the governorפֶּחָהpechâh · governorH6347
• of the Jewsיְהוּדַיyehûdâ'îy · JewH3062
• and the eldersשִׂיבώîyb · be grayH7868
• buildבְּנָהbenâ' benâh · to buildH1124
• inעַל‛al · uponH5922
• his placeאֲתַר'ăthar · placeH870

Cross-references for Ezra 6:7

• Acts 5:38So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men [merely human in origin], it will fail and be destroyed;

Commentaries on Ezra 6:7

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-121. Darius the king--This was Darius Hystaspes. Great and interesting light has been thrown on the history of this monarch and the transaction of his reign, by the decipherment of the cuneatic inscriptions on the rocks at Behistun. in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon--An idea of the form of this Babylonian register house, as well as the manner of preserving public records within its repositories, can be obtained from the…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezra 6:7

• Church and State
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Liberality
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• House of God
• Chaldee language
• Pure
• Temple, the Second
• Aramaic; Aramaic Language
• Bible, the
• Elder in the Old Testament
• Esdras, the First Book of

Commentaries on Ezra 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings