Artaxerxes’ Letter for Ezra
Ezra 7:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- You and your brothers may do whatever seems best with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
- ASV
- And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.
- LSV
- and that which to you and to your brothers is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God you do.
- YLT
- and that which to thee and to thy brethren is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God ye do.'
- DBY
- And whatever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of your God.Elohim
- DRC
- And if it seem good to thee, and to thy brethren to do any thing with the rest of the silver and gold, do it according to the will of your God.
- GNV
- And whatsoeuer it pleaseth thee and thy brethren to do with the rest of the siluer, and gold, doe ye it according to the will of your God.
- JPS
- And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.
- LXXE
- And whatever it shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do as it is pleasing to your God.
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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (5)
- Leningrad Codex reads עֲלָ֨יךְ; read aloud (Qere) reads עֲלָ֨ךְ (“to you”).
- Written (Ketiv): עֲלַיִךְ. Read aloud (Qere): עֲלָ֨ךְ (“to you”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Leningrad Codex reads אֶחָ֜יךְ; read aloud (Qere) reads אֶחָ֜ךְ (“brothers your”).
- Written (Ketiv): אֶחַיִךְ. Read aloud (Qere): אֶחָ֜ךְ (“brothers your”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
- Aleppo Codex and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia reads יֵיטַ֗ב; Leningrad Codex and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads יִיטַ֗ב (“it is good”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וּמָ֣ה דִי֩ עליך וְעַל־אחיך יֵיטַ֗ב בִּשְׁאָ֛ר כַּסְפָּ֥א וְדַהֲבָ֖ה לְמֶעְבַּ֑ד כִּרְע֥וּת אֱלָהֲכֹ֖ם תַּעַבְדֽוּן׃Read aloud as (qere): עֲלָ֨ךְYathir readings in L which we have designated as Qeres when both Dothan and BHS list a Qere.Read aloud as (qere): אֶחָ֜ךְYathir readings in L which we have designated as Qeres when both Dothan and BHS list a Qere.
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ εἴ τι ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου ἀγαθυνθῇ ἐν καταλοίπῳ τοῦ ἀργυρίου καὶ τοῦ χρυσίου ποιῆσαι, ὡς ἀρεστὸν τῷ Θεῷ ὑμῶν ποιήσατε.
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ArtaxerxesBiblePersiaAramaic; Aramaic LanguageEzra-NehemiahAhitubLanguages of the Old TestamentEsdras, the First Book ofLiberalityBible, The
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ephesians 5:17Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
- 2 Kings 12:15No accounting was required from the men who received the money to pay the workmen, because they acted with integrity.
- Ezra 7:26If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
- 2 Kings 22:7But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
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