Ezra 1:3 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 1:3

Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.

KJV

Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This sounds a little vain-glorious, for there were many kingdoms of the earth which he had nothing to do with; but he means that God had given him all that was given to Nebuchadnezzar, whose dominion, Daniel says, was to the end of the earth, Dan. iv.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מִֽי־	mi-	who?	H4310 →
בָכֶ֣ם	va.Khem	[is] among you
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	from all	H3605 →
עַמּ֗וֹ	a.Mo	people his	H5971 →
יְהִ֤י	ye.Hi	may he be	H1961 →
אֱלֹהָיו֙	'e.lo.Hav	God his	H430 →
עִמּ֔וֹ	i.Mo	with him	H5973 →
וְיַ֕עַל	ve.Ya.'al	and let him go up	H5927 →
לִירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם	li.ru.sha.Lim	to Jerusalem	H3389 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בִּיהוּדָ֑ה	bi.hu.Dah	[is] in Judah	H3063 →
וְיִ֗בֶן	ve.Yi.ven	and let him build	H1129 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֤ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
ה֥וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	[is] <the> God	H430 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃	bi.ru.sha.Lim	[is] in Jerusalem	H3389 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H1129veyivenand let him build376×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
leads to
- Genesis 28:15
  Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what…
- Jeremiah 1:7–8
  But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
- Psalms 27:1–2
  The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
- Joshua 1:6–7
  Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- Deuteronomy 20:1
  When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out…
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.”
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.