Ezra 7:23 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

²³ 8 And hath inclined his mercy toward me before the king and his counsellors, and all the mighty princes of the king: and I being strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God, which was upon me, gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done diligently and honorably for the house of the God of heaven, lest His wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ 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?

Common English Bible

²³ Whatever the God of heaven commands will be done carefully for the house of the God of heaven, or wrath will come upon the realm of the king and his heirs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ All that pertains to the rite of the God of heaven, let it be distributed scrupulously to the house of the God of heaven, lest perhaps he may become angry against the kingdom of the king and his sons.

Ezra 7:23 Cross References

Ezra 7:13

8 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.

Ezra 7:18

3 All that belongeth to the rites of the God of heaven, let it be given diligently in the house of the God of heaven: lest his wrath should be enkindled against the realm of the king, and of his sons.

Ezra 7:22

7 Blessed be the Lord the God of our fathers, who hath put this in the king's heart, to glorify the house of the Lord, which is in Jerusalem,

Psalm 119:4

1 Thy words have I hidden in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.

Exodus 5:3

And Pharao said: The people of the land is numerous: you see that the multitude is increased: how much more if you give them rest from their works?

Jeremiah 29:7

5 Because you have said: The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon:

Zechariah 12:3

1 In that day there shall be a great lamentation in Jerusalem like the lamentation of Adadremmon in the plain of Mageddon.