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Ezra 7:6

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this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.

KJV

This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

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Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

A ready scribe - סופר מחיר sopher machir does not merely signify a speedy writer or an excellent penman, but one who was eminently skillful in expounding the law. In this sense the word γραμματευς, scribe, is repeatedly used in the New Testament, and we find that both in the Old and New Testament it had the same signification. The Syriac gives the sense of the word by translating sophro chocimo, a wise scribe, or expounder.

This site's exposition

he was a ready scribe

He was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, a term Clarke reads as more than a swift penman, one skilled to expound the law, the sense the New Testament itself carries when it uses the word scribe. The chapter's first instance of the book's signature refrain follows at once: the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him, one of seven occurrences of that formula in Scripture, and all seven fall in Ezra and Nehemiah. Favor with a pagan king is credited to God's hand before a single letter is even granted.

The words behind it

23 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.

  • ה֤וּאthat

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • עֶזְרָא֙Ezra

    ʾezra'H5830 →22 times

  • עָלָ֣הhe came up

    ʾalahH5927 →890 times

  • מִבָּבֶ֔לfrom Babylon

    mibavelH894 →262 times

  • וְהֽוּא־and he

    vehu'-H1931 →1879 times

  • סֹפֵ֤ר[was] a scribe

    soferH5608 →159 times

  • מָהִיר֙skilled

    mahirH4106 →

  • בְּתוֹרַ֣תin [the] law of

    betoratH8451 →219 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֔הMoses

    moshehH4872 →

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֥ןhe had given

    natanH5414 →2011 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of

    ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיִּתֶּן־and he gave

    vaiyiten-H5414 →2011 times

  • ל֣וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • הַמֶּ֗לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • כְּיַד־according to [the] hand of

    keyad-H3027 →1618 times

  • יְהוָ֤הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהָיו֙God his

    ʾelohavH430 →2601 times

  • עָלָ֔יוon him

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • כֹּ֖לall

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • בַּקָּשָׁתֽוֹ׃ פrequest his

    bakashatoH1246 →

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

Related verses

18 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 8:22For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”45 worksEzra 7:28and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.12 worksEzra 8:31On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.11 worksNehemiah 2:18I also told them about the gracious hand of my God upon me, and what the king had said to me. “Let us start rebuilding,” they replied, and they set their hands to this good work.8 worksNehemiah 2:8And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.8 worksNehemiah 1:11O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)8 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Nehemiah 8:1At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.8 worksEzra 7:10For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.8 worksMatthew 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”7 worksEzra 7:21I, King Artaxerxes, decree to all the treasurers west of the Euphrates: Whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it must be provided promptly,7 worksEzra 7:9He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.7 worksEzra 8:18And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;6 worksEzra 7:11–12This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:6 worksEsther 2:9And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.6 worksProverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.5 worksDeuteronomy 4:5See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.5 worksDeuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.5 worksPsalms 45:1My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.5 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

    Ezra 8:22

    For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God…

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 3:12

      For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

    • Psalms 33:18–19

      Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

    • 2 Chronicles 16:9

      For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in…

    • Psalms 34:15–16

      The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.

    • Lamentations 3:25

      The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.

  • Through

    Matthew 28:20

    and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 41:10

      Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand…

    • Joshua 1:5

      No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

    • Acts 18:9–10

      One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

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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 Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible.

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