Ezra 7:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.”

Ezra 7:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 7:17 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 7:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, and lambs with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.”

Ezra 7:17 — World English Bible

Ezra 7:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal-offerings and their drink-offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. ”

Ezra 7:17 — American Standard Version

Ezra 7:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“therefore thou dost speedily buy with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, and their presents, and their libations, and dost bring them near to the altar of the house of your God that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem,”

Ezra 7:17 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 7:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Therefore thou shalt buy diligently with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their oblations and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of yourGod which is at Jerusalem. ”

Ezra 7:17 — Darby Translation

Ezra 7:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“That thou mayest bye speedily with this siluer, bullocks, rammes, lambes, with their meate offrings and their drinke offrings: and thou shalt offer them vpon the altar of the house of your God, which is in Ierusalem.”

Ezra 7:17 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 7:17 in Context — Ezra 7

15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

16 And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

17 That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.

19 The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.

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What Does Ezra 7:17 Mean?

Ezra 7:17 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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