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Ezra 7:28

and who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.

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ASV

and hath extended lovingkindness unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

KJV

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעָלַ֣יve.'a.Laiand towards meH5921 →
הִטָּה־hi.tah-he has extendedH5186 →
חֶ֗סֶדChe.sedcovenant loyaltyH2617 →
לִפְנֵ֤יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְיֽוֹעֲצָ֔יוve.yo.'a.Tzavand counselors hisH3289 →
וּלְכָל־u.le.khol-and to allH3605 →
שָׂרֵ֥יsa.Rei[the] officials ofH8269 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
הַגִּבֹּרִ֑יםha.gi.bo.Rim<the> mightyH1368 →
וַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.Niand IH589 →
הִתְחַזַּ֗קְתִּיhit.cha.Zak.tiI strengthened myselfH2388 →
כְּיַד־ke.yad-according to [the] hand ofH3027 →
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהַי֙'e.lo.HaiGod myH430 →
עָלַ֔י'a.Laion meH5921 →
וָאֶקְבְּצָ֧הva.'ek.be.Tzahand I assembled !H6908 →
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֛לmi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478 →
רָאשִׁ֖יםra.ShimchiefsH7218 →
לַעֲל֥וֹתla.'a.Lotto go upH5927 →
עִמִּֽי׃ פ'i.Miwith meH5973 →

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Ezra 8:22For I was ashamed to ask the king for an escort of soldiers and horsemen to protect us from our enemies on the road, since we had told him, “The hand of our God is gracious to all who seek Him, but His great anger is against all who forsake Him.”2 Timothy 4:17–18But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.Ezra 8:18And since the gracious hand of our God was upon us, they brought us Sherebiah—a man of insight from the descendants of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel—along with his sons and brothers, 18 men;Ezra 5:5But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”Ezra 9:9Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.Nehemiah 2:8And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house I will occupy.” And because the gracious hand of my God was upon me, the king granted my requests.Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”Ezra 7:9He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him.Jonah 3:7Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.Ezra 7:6this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)Ezra 7:14You are sent by the king and his seven counselors to evaluate Judah and Jerusalem according to the Law of your God, which is in your hand.Ezra 8:31On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands of the enemies and bandits along the way.

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Artaxerxes Grants Freedom to the Jews — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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