Ezra 10:4
2 Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
3 So now let us make a covenant before our God to send away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God. Let it be done according to the Law.
Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
5 So Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said. And they took the oath.
6 Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
- KJV
- Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
- WEB
- Arise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
- ASV
- Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
- DARBY
- Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].
- BLB
- Arise, for on you [is] the matter, and we [are] with you. Be strong and do [it].”
- ÅB
- Stå opp! For det er du som må sørge for dette, og vi skal hjelpe deg; vær frimodig og sett det i verk!
- OTB
- Reis deg, for dette er ditt ansvar. Vi vil støtte deg, så vær modig og handle."
- B1930
- Stå op! For det er du som må sørge for dette, og vi skal hjelpe dig; vær frimodig og sett det i verk!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Chronicles 28:10
Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Read in context1 Chronicles 22:19
Now set your heart and soul to seek the LORD your God. Get started building the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy articles of God into the temple that will be built for the Name of the LORD.”
Read in contextHebrews 12:12–13
Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
Read in contextHebrews 10:24
And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.
Read in contextIsaiah 35:3–4
Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
Read in context1 Chronicles 22:16
in gold and silver, bronze and iron—craftsmen beyond number. Now begin the work, and may the LORD be with you.”
Read in contextEzra 7:23–28
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven must be done diligently for His house. For why should wrath fall on the realm of the king and his sons?
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