Ezra 5:17
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
KJV
Nunc ergo si videtur regi bonum, recenseat in bibliotheca regis, quæ est in Babylone, utrumnam a Cyro rege jussum fuerit ut ædificaretur domus Dei in Jerusalem, et voluntatem regis super hac re mittat ad nos.
Vulgate
καὶ νῦν εἰ ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα ἀγαθόν, ἐπισκεπήτω ἐν οἴκῳ τῆς γάζης τοῦ βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος, ὅπως γνῷς ὅτι ἀπὸ βασιλέως κύρου ἐγένετο γνώμη οἰκοδομῆσαι τὸν οἶκον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ· καὶ γνοὺς ὁ βασιλεὺς περὶ τούτου πεμψάτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς.
LXX
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure-house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
ASV
וּ/כְעַ֞ן הֵ֧ן עַל מַלְכָּ֣/א טָ֗ב יִ֠תְבַּקַּר בְּ/בֵ֨ית גִּנְזַיָּ֜/א דִּי מַלְכָּ֣/א תַמָּה֮ דִּ֣י בְּ/בָבֶל֒ הֵ֣ן אִיתַ֗י דִּֽי מִן כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ/א֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְ/מִבְנֵ֛א בֵּית אֱלָהָ֥/א דֵ֖ךְ בִּ/ירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּ/רְע֥וּת מַלְכָּ֛/א עַל דְּנָ֖ה יִשְׁלַ֥ח עֲלֶֽי/נָא
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
23 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:15 — That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, an
- Ezra 6:1 — Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
- Prov 25:2 — It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.