Ezra 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 1:6

And all their neighbors supported them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuables, in addition to all their freewill offerings.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

KJV

And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The earth helped the woman. Besides what was willingly offered by the Jews themselves who staid behind, from a principle of love to God and his house, much was offered, as one may say, unwillingly by the Babylonians, who were influenced to do it by a divine power on their minds of which they themselves could give no account. How this proclamation was seconded by Cyrus himself.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
סְבִיבֹֽתֵיהֶם֙	se.vi.vo.tei.Hem	around them	H5439 →
חִזְּק֣וּ	chi.ze.Ku	they encouraged	H2388 →
בִֽידֵיהֶ֔ם	vi.dei.Hem	<in> hands their	H3027 →
בִּכְלֵי־	bikh.lei-	with vessels of	H3627 →
כֶ֧סֶף	Khe.sef	silver	H3701 →
בַּזָּהָ֛ב	ba.za.Hav	with <the> gold	H2091 →
בָּרְכ֥וּשׁ	ba.re.Khush	with <the> property	H7399 →
וּבַבְּהֵמָ֖ה	u.va.be.he.Mah	and with <the> cattle	H929 →
וּבַמִּגְדָּנ֑וֹת	u.va.mig.da.Not	and with <the> precious things	H4030 →
לְבַ֖ד	le.Vad	<to> besides	H905 →
עַל־	'al-	<on>	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all of	H3605 →
הִתְנַדֵּֽב׃ ס	hit.na.Dev	ering of freewill offerings	H5068 →

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

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
2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 8:12
  For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.
- Acts 20:35
  In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
- 1 Chronicles 29:17
  I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are…
- Exodus 25:2
  “Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
- Proverbs 11:25
  A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
Through
Psalms 110:3
Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
leads to
- Judges 5:2
  “When the princes take the lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, bless the LORD.
- Hebrews 13:21
  equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
- Titus 2:14
  He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.