Ezra 7:23
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?
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
Note Whatsoever…: Chaldee, Whatsoever is of the decree
Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Whatsoever is commanded
- Chal. Whatsoever is of the decree.
- Ezra 7:13, 18
- let it be
- Psalm 119:4
- why should there be wrath
- As Artaxerxes believed he was appointed by the Almighty to do this work, he therefore wished to do it heartily; knowing that if he did not, God would be displeased, and that the kingdom would be cut off from him or his posterity.
- Ezra 6:10–12; Zechariah 12:3