Ezra 7:6
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.
this Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the Lord his God’s hand on him.
this Ezra went up from Babylon. And he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ezra 7:6
- a ready.{Sopher mahir} does not merely signify a speedy writer, or an excellent penman, but one eminently skilful in expounding the law, {sophro chochmo,} "a wise scribe," as the Syriac renders.
- Ezra 7:11, 12, 21; Psalm 45:1; Matthew 13:52
- scribe
- Nehemiah 8:4, 9, 13; Nehemiah 12:26, 36; Jeremiah 8:8; 1 Corinthians 1:20
- the law
- Deuteronomy 4:5; Deuteronomy 28:1; Matthew 28:20; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 2
- granted him
- Ezra 7:11–26
- according to
- Ezra 7:9, 28; Ezra 6:22; Ezra 8:18, 22, 31; Genesis 32:28; Nehemiah 1:10, 11; Nehemiah 2:8, 12, 18; Nehemiah 4:15; Proverbs 3:6; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1