Ezra 7:11
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
KJV
Hoc est autem exemplar epistolæ edicti, quod dedit rex Artaxerxes Esdræ sacerdoti, scribæ erudito in sermonibus et præceptis Domini, et cæremoniis ejus in Israël.
Vulgate
Καὶ αὕτη ἡ διασάφησις τοῦ διατάγματος οὗ ἔδωκεν Ἀρσαρθαθὰ τῷ Ἔσρᾳ τῷ ἱερεῖ τῷ γραμματεῖ βιβλίου λόγων ἐντολῶν Κυρίου καὶ προσταγμάτων αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραήλ
LXX
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:
ASV
וְ/זֶ֣ה פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַֽ/נִּשְׁתְּוָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַן֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֔סְתְּא לְ/עֶזְרָ֥א הַ/כֹּהֵ֖ן הַ/סֹּפֵ֑ר סֹפֵ֞ר דִּבְרֵ֧י מִצְוֺת יְהוָ֛ה וְ/חֻקָּ֖י/ו עַל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Covers the decree of Cyrus, the return under Zerubbabel, the rebuilding of the Temple, the opposition faced, Ezra's reforms, Nehemiah's rebuilding of the walls, and the story of Esther. Josephus famously claims Alexander the Great was shown the prophecies of Daniel and recognized himself in them.
Cross-references
- Ezra 7:6 — This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his G
- Isa 49:23 — And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I
- Neh 8:1 — And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had