Ezra 7:10 BSB — MannaFest

Ezra 7:10

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

KJV

For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Ezra had prepared his heart - Here is a fine character of a minister of God: He prepares, הכין hechin, he fixes, purposes, and determines, לבבו lebabo, with his heart - with all his powers and affections, to seek the law of God, and to do it himself, that he may be properly qualified to teach its statutes and judgments to Israel.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This use we must make of our knowledge of the scriptures; for happy are we if we do what we know of the will of God. (4.) He set himself to teach Israel the statutes and judgments of that law. What he knew he was willing to communicate for the good of others; for the ministration of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
עֶזְרָא֙	'ez.Ra'	Ezra	H5830 →
הֵכִ֣ין	he.Khin	he had directed	H3559 →
לְבָב֔וֹ	le.va.Vo	heart his	H3824 →
לִדְר֛וֹשׁ	lid.Ro.osh	to study	H1875 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
תּוֹרַ֥ת	to.Rat	[the] law of	H8451 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑ת	ve.la.'a.Sot	and to do [it]	H6213 →
וּלְלַמֵּ֥ד	u.le.la.Med	and to teach	H3925 →
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל	be.Yis.ra.'El	in Israel	H3478 →
חֹ֥ק	chok	decree	H2706 →
וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ ס	u.mish.Pat	and judgment	H4941 →

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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
Matthew 7:24
Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
leads to
- Luke 11:28
  But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Luke 6:47–49
  I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them:
- John 13:17
  If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- 1 Corinthians 3:10–11
  By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.
Through
Psalms 1:2
But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night.
leads to
- Joshua 1:8
  This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper…
- Psalms 119:92
  If Your law had not been my delight, then I would have perished in my affliction.
- Psalms 119:11
  I have hidden Your word in my heart that I might not sin against You.
- Romans 7:22
  For in my inner being I delight in God’s law.