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Ezra 7:26

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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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

KJV

And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

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This verse in Ezra 7

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Whether it be unto death - These include almost every species of punishment which should be inflicted on culprits in any civilized state. With this verse the Chaldee part of this chapter ends.

This site's exposition

set magistrates and judges, which

on Ezra 7:25-26

Ezra's civil commission matches his priestly one, set magistrates and judges to judge all the people beyond the river, and teach ye them that know them not, so the man who prepared his heart to teach in Israel is now empowered to install a whole judiciary abroad. The penalties named, death, banishment, confiscation of goods or imprisonment, are Persian penalties applied to violation of the law of thy God and the law of the king in the same breath, the two laws treated as one standard for this province. Clarke counts the list as covering almost every punishment a state of that day could inflict, and with this verse the Aramaic section of the chapter ends.

The words behind it

24 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.

  • וְכָל־and any

    vekholH3606 →82 times

  • דִּי־who

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • לָא֩not

    la'H3809 →82 times

  • לֶהֱוֵ֨אhe will be

    leheve'H1934 →71 times

  • עָבֵ֜דdoing

    ʾavedH5648 →28 times

  • דָּתָ֣אlaw the

    data'H1882 →14 times

  • דִֽי־of

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • אֱלָהָ֗ךְGod your

    ʾelahakhH426 →95 times

  • וְדָתָא֙and decree the

    vedata'H1882 →14 times

  • דִּ֣יof

    diH1768 →345 times

  • מַלְכָּ֔אking the

    malka'H4430 →180 times

  • אָסְפַּ֕רְנָאdiligently

    ʾaseparna'H629 →7 times

  • דִּינָ֕ה<the> judgment

    dinah'H1780 →

  • לֶהֱוֵ֥אlet it be

    leheve'H1934 →71 times

  • מִתְעֲבֵ֖דdone

    mitavedH5648 →28 times

  • מִנֵּ֑הּfrom him

    minehH4481 →109 times

  • הֵ֤ןwhether

    henH2006 →19 times

  • לְמוֹת֙to death

    lemotH4193 →

  • הֵ֣ןor

    henH2006 →19 times

  • לִשְׁרֹשִׁ֔יto banishment

    lishroshuH8332 →

  • הֵן־or

    hen-H2006 →19 times

  • לַעֲנָ֥שׁto confiscation of

    laanashH6065 →

  • נִכְסִ֖יןproperti<es>

    nikhsinH5232 →

  • וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃ פand to imprisonment<s>

    veleesurinH613 →

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

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Ezra 6:11I 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 house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.7 worksDeuteronomy 13:1–18If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,5 worksLeviticus 20:1–27Then the LORD said to Moses,4 worksExodus 21:1–22“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:3 worksEzra 10:8Whoever failed to appear within three days would forfeit all his property, according to the counsel of the leaders and elders, and would himself be expelled from the assembly of the exiles.3 worksNehemiah 13:21but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.3 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Daniel 6:26I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.2 worksEzra 7:18You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.2 worksNehemiah 13:25I rebuked them and called down curses on them. I beat some of these men and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!2 worksPsalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah1 works2 Chronicles 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.1 worksDaniel 3:28–29Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.1 works

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

    Daniel 6:26

    I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will…

    it leads to

    • Daniel 4:34

      But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives…

    • Luke 1:33

      and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”

    • Daniel 7:14

      And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…

    • Daniel 4:3

      How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.

    • Daniel 2:44

      In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Daniel 3:29

      Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble.…

    • Daniel 2:5

      The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to…

    • 2 Kings 9:37

      And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”

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
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible and Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther.

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