KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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“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?”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Whatsoever” | כָּל | Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) | Whatsoever |
| “is commanded by” | טַ֙עַם֙ | Properly, a taste, i.e., a judicial sentence | commanded |
| “the God” | אֱלָ֣הּ | God | God |
| “of heaven,” | שְׁמַיָּ֔א | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heaven |
| “let it be diligently” | אַדְרַזְדָּ֔א | Quickly or carefully | let diligently |
| “done” | יִתְעֲבֵד֙ | To do, make, prepare, keep, etc | done |
| “for the house” | לְבֵ֖ית | A house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) | house |
| “of the God” | אֱלָ֣הּ | God | God |
| “of heaven:” | שְׁמַיָּ֑א | The sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve) | heaven |
| “for” | דִּֽי | That, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of | for |
| “why” | לְמָ֤ה | What?, why?, how? | why |
| “should there be” | לֶֽהֱוֵא֙ | To exist; used in a great variety of applications (especially in connection with other words) | should |
| “wrath” | קְצַ֔ף | Rage | wrath |
| “against” | עַל | Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | against |
| “the realm” | מַלְכ֥וּת | Dominion (abstractly or concretely) | realm |
| “of the king” | מַלְכָּ֖א | A king | king |
| “and his sons?” | וּבְנֽוֹהִי׃ | A son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense | sons |
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21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
22 Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.
23 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?
24 Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
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.
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