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Ezra 6:8

in Ezra 6

I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

KJV

Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered.

This verse in Ezra 6

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

You must stay away from that place

on Ezra 6:6-8

Darius orders the governor and his associates to stay away and let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild the house of God. He funds the work, paying the cost in full from the royal treasury. A king who could have shut the project down becomes its paymaster.

This site's exposition

so that the work will not be hindered

At 4:5 the opponents hired counselors to frustrate the builders down to the reign of Darius. Albert Barnes reads those counselors as officials at the Persian court bribed to hinder the work. Darius now pays the builders in full.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah · Written before 735.

proposed

But also it has been commanded by me, etc. For who could explain how much the Church has been aided or even enriched throughout the world by the liberality of royal gifts? Although it can also be understood allegorically, that expenses from the king's treasury …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Moreover, I make a decree, what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews, for the building of this house of God,....

The words behind it

29 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.

  • וּמִנִּי֮and from me

    uminiH4481 →109 times

  • שִׂ֣יםit is made

    simH7761 →26 times

  • טְעֵם֒a decree

    teemH2942 →28 times

  • לְמָ֣אto whatever

    lema'H3964 →

  • דִֽי־that

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • תַֽעַבְד֗וּןyou will do

    taavdunH5648 →28 times

  • עִם־with

    ʾim-H5974 →22 times

  • שָׂבֵ֤י[the] elders of

    saveiH7868 →5 times

  • יְהוּדָיֵא֙Jews the

    yehudaye'H3062 →10 times

  • אִלֵּ֔ךְthese

    ʾilekhH479 →14 times

  • לְמִבְנֵ֖אto build

    lemivne'H1124 →22 times

  • בֵּית־[the] house of

    beit-H1005 →44 times

  • אֱלָהָ֣א<the> God

    ʾelaha'H426 →95 times

  • דֵ֑ךְthis

    dekhH1791 →13 times

  • וּמִנִּכְסֵ֣יand from [the] properti<es> of

    uminikhseiH5232 →

  • מַלְכָּ֗אking the

    malka'H4430 →180 times

  • דִּ֚יwhich

    diH1768 →345 times

  • מִדַּת֙[is] [the] tribute of

    midatH4061 →4 times

  • עֲבַ֣ר[the] region beyond

    ʾavarH5675 →14 times

  • נַהֲרָ֔הriver the

    naharah'H5103 →15 times

  • אָסְפַּ֗רְנָאdiligently

    ʾaseparna'H629 →7 times

  • נִפְקְתָ֛אexpense the

    nifketa'H5313 →

  • תֶּהֱוֵ֧אlet it be

    teheve'H1934 →71 times

  • מִֽתְיַהֲבָ֛אgiven

    mityahava'H3052 →28 times

  • לְגֻבְרַיָּ֥אto men the

    leguvraiya'H1400 →21 times

  • אִלֵּ֖ךְthese

    ʾilekhH479 →14 times

  • דִּי־that

    di-H1768 →345 times

  • לָ֥אnot

    la'H3809 →82 times

  • לְבַטָּלָֽא׃to make to cease

    levatala'H989 →6 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

    Haggai 2:8

    The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, declares the LORD of Hosts.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 50:10–12

      for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills.

    • Psalms 24:1

      The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

    • 1 Chronicles 29:14–16

      But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to…

    • Isaiah 60:17

      Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness…

    • Isaiah 60:13

      The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.

  • Through

    Ezra 6:4

    with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 6:36

      Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.

    • Psalms 68:29

      Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.

    • Revelation 12:16

      But the earth helped the woman and opened its mouth to swallow up the river that had poured from the dragon’s mouth.

Where this verse is studied

About Ezra

Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cyrus Restores the Vessels of the Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Ezra and Nehemiah; Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 4; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.