Ezra 7:27 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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:”
Ezra 7:27 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 7:27 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 7:27 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem;”
Ezra 7:27 — World English Bible
Ezra 7:27 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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; ”
Ezra 7:27 — American Standard Version
Ezra 7:27 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Blessed <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, God of our fathers, who hath given such a thing as this in the heart of the king, to beautify the house of Jehovah that <FI>is<Fi> in Jerusalem,”
Ezra 7:27 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 7:27 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Blessed be Jehovah theGod of our fathers, who has put [such a thing] as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Jehovah which is at Jerusalem; ”
Ezra 7:27 — Darby Translation
Ezra 7:27 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which so hath put in the Kings heart, to beautifie the house of the Lord that is in Ierusalem,”
Ezra 7:27 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 7:27 in Context — Ezra 7
25 And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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:
28 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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What Does Ezra 7:27 Mean?
Ezra 7:27 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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