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Ezra 7:27

Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

KJV

Benedictus Dominus Deus patrum nostrorum, qui dedit hoc in corde regis ut glorificaret domum Domini quæ est in Jerusalem,

Vulgate

εὐλογητὸς Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, ὃς ἔδωκεν οὕτως ἐν καρδίᾳ τοῦ βασιλέως, τοῦ δοξάσαντος οἶκον τὸν ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ,

LXX

Blessed be Jehovah, the God of our fathers, who hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is in Jerusalem;

ASV

בָּר֥וּךְ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבוֹתֵ֑י/נוּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֤ן כָּ/זֹאת֙ בְּ/לֵ֣ב הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ לְ/פָאֵ֕ר אֶת בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
י
y
noun · 591×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
yrvshlm
proper_noun · 634×
ךְ
k
verb · 14×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:32 — And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
  • 2Cor 8:16 — But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
  • Dan 1:9 — Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.
  • Exod 35:34 — And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.
  • Ezra 1:1 — Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamatio
  • Ezra 6:22 — And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house
  • Ezra 6:22 — And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house
  • Gen 43:14 — And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
  • Heb 10:16 — This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
  • Isa 60:13 — The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
  • Jas 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
  • Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measu
  • Matt 21:3 — And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
  • Neh 1:11 — O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and
  • Neh 2:8 — And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the
  • Neh 2:12 — And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
  • Neh 2:12 — And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
  • Neh 13:14 — Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
  • Phil 2:13 — For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
  • Prov 3:6 — In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
  • Prov 16:1 — The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.
  • Prov 21:1 — The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
  • Prov 29:26 — Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
  • Rev 17:17 — For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
  • Rev 17:17 — For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
  • Rom 6:17 — But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.