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Ezra 7:18

in Ezra 7

You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.

KJV

And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

This verse in Ezra 7

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

After the will of your God - He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to their own institutions, binding them to no form or mode of worship.

This site's exposition

to carry the silver and gold

on Ezra 7:15-18

The king's own contribution comes first, silver and gold that the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation Artaxerxes locates plainly in Jerusalem. A further collection follows from the whole province of Babylon, whatever the people and priests give willingly, so the fund gathers from three sources before Ezra ever reaches the temple. Gill traces the money's intended use step by step, bullocks, rams and lambs bought speedily for the altar with their appointed meat and drink offerings, and whatever silver is left over given to Ezra and his brethren to spend after the will of your God rather than the king's own specification.

The words behind it

13 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּמָ֣הand whatever

    umahH410113 times

  • דִי֩that

    diH1768345 times

  • עֲלָ֨ךְto you

    alayikhH5922104 times

  • וְעַל־and to

    veal-H5922104 times

  • אֶחָ֜ךְbrothers your

    ʾechayikhH252

  • יִיטַ֗בit is good

    yitavH3191

  • בִּשְׁאָ֛רwith [the] rest of

    bisharH760612 times

  • כַּסְפָּ֥אsilver the

    kaspa'H370213 times

  • וְדַהֲבָ֖הand gold the

    vedahavah'H172223 times

  • לְמֶעְבַּ֑דto do

    leme'badH564828 times

  • כִּרְע֥וּתaccording to [the] will of

    kirutH7470

  • אֱלָהֲכֹ֖םGod your

    ʾelahakhomH42695 times

  • תַּעַבְדֽוּן׃you will do

    taavdunH564828 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 5:17

    Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

    it leads to

    • Romans 12:2

      Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…

    • 1 Thessalonians 5:18

      Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

    • Colossians 1:9

      For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…

    • Ephesians 5:15

      Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

    • 1 Peter 4:2

      Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.

  • Through

    Ezra 7:26

    If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

    it leads to

    • Ezra 6:11

      I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own…

  • Through

    2 Kings 22:7

    But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”

    it leads to

    • Nehemiah 7:2

      Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 12:15

      No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.