Ezra 7:26
in Ezra 7If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
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ASV
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
KJV
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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This verse in Ezra 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWhether it be unto death - These include almost every species of punishment which should be inflicted on culprits in any civilized state. With this verse the Chaldee part of this chapter ends.
This site's exposition
appoint magistrates and judges to judge all
on Ezra 7:25-26
Ezra is to appoint magistrates and judges for all the people west of the Euphrates who know the laws of his God. The Persian penalties are death, banishment, confiscation of property or imprisonment. Adam Clarke counts these as almost every punishment a state of that day could inflict.
This site's exposition
let a strict judgment be executed
Penalties of this kind return at 10:8. Anyone who failed to come to Jerusalem within three days would forfeit his property and be expelled from the assembly of the exiles. Adam Clarke traces Ezra's authority in chapter 10 to this decree.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king,....
If any good appear to be in our own hearts, or in the hearts of others, we must own it was God that put it there, and bless him for it; for it is he that worketh in us both to will and to do that which is good.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Banishment - literally, as in the margin. Separation from the congregation is probably intended (compare Ezr 10:8).
The words behind it
24 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and any | H3606 → | 82 times |
| דִּי־ | di- | who | H1768 → | 345 times |
| לָא֩ | la' | not | H3809 → | 82 times |
| לֶהֱוֵ֨א | leheve' | he will be | H1934 → | 71 times |
| עָבֵ֜ד | ʾaved | doing | H5648 → | 28 times |
| דָּתָ֣א | data' | law the | H1882 → | 14 times |
| דִֽי־ | di- | of | H1768 → | 345 times |
| אֱלָהָ֗ךְ | ʾelahakh | God your | H426 → | 95 times |
| וְדָתָא֙ | vedata' | and decree the | H1882 → | 14 times |
| דִּ֣י | di | of | H1768 → | 345 times |
| מַלְכָּ֔א | malka' | king the | H4430 → | 180 times |
| אָסְפַּ֕רְנָא | ʾaseparna' | diligently | H629 → | 7 times |
| דִּינָ֕ה | dinah' | <the> judgment | H1780 → | |
| לֶהֱוֵ֥א | leheve' | let it be | H1934 → | 71 times |
| מִתְעֲבֵ֖ד | mitaved | done | H5648 → | 28 times |
| מִנֵּ֑הּ | mineh | from him | H4481 → | 109 times |
| הֵ֤ן | hen | whether | H2006 → | 19 times |
| לְמוֹת֙ | lemot | to death | H4193 → | |
| הֵ֣ן | hen | or | H2006 → | 19 times |
| לִשְׁרֹשִׁ֔י | lishroshu | to banishment | H8332 → | |
| הֵן־ | hen- | or | H2006 → | 19 times |
| לַעֲנָ֥שׁ | laanash | to confiscation of | H6065 → | |
| נִכְסִ֖ין | nikhsin | properti<es> | H5232 → | |
| וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃ פ | veleesurin | and to imprisonment<s> | H613 → |
וְכָל־and any
vekholH3606 →82 times
דִּי־who
di-H1768 →345 times
לָא֩not
la'H3809 →82 times
לֶהֱוֵ֨אhe will be
leheve'H1934 →71 times
עָבֵ֜דdoing
ʾavedH5648 →28 times
דָּתָ֣אlaw the
data'H1882 →14 times
דִֽי־of
di-H1768 →345 times
אֱלָהָ֗ךְGod your
ʾelahakhH426 →95 times
וְדָתָא֙and decree the
vedata'H1882 →14 times
דִּ֣יof
diH1768 →345 times
מַלְכָּ֔אking the
malka'H4430 →180 times
אָסְפַּ֕רְנָאdiligently
ʾaseparna'H629 →7 times
דִּינָ֕ה<the> judgment
dinah'H1780 →
לֶהֱוֵ֥אlet it be
leheve'H1934 →71 times
מִתְעֲבֵ֖דdone
mitavedH5648 →28 times
מִנֵּ֑הּfrom him
minehH4481 →109 times
הֵ֤ןwhether
henH2006 →19 times
לְמוֹת֙to death
lemotH4193 →
הֵ֣ןor
henH2006 →19 times
לִשְׁרֹשִׁ֔יto banishment
lishroshuH8332 →
הֵן־or
hen-H2006 →19 times
לַעֲנָ֥שׁto confiscation of
laanashH6065 →
נִכְסִ֖יןproperti<es>
nikhsinH5232 →
וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין׃ פand to imprisonment<s>
veleesurinH613 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Daniel 6:26I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will…
it leads to
- Daniel 4:34
But at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives…
- Luke 1:33
and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
- Daniel 7:14
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is…
- Daniel 4:3
How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.
- Daniel 2:44
In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms…
- Daniel 4:34
Through
Ezra 6:11I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own…
it leads to
- Daniel 3:29
Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble.…
- Daniel 2:5
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to…
- 2 Kings 9:37
And Jezebel’s body will lie like dung in the field on the plot of ground at Jezreel, so that no one can say: This is Jezebel.’”
- Daniel 3:29
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About Ezra
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Berean Standard Bible, Ezra 10; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.