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The NET Bible®

Ezra 6:7

Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church and State;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Liberality;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;   Temple, the Second;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Haggai;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Aram;   Ezra;   Haggai;   Jew;   Persia;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Government;   Leadership;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Temple, the Second;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Magi;   Persia;   Regem Melech;   Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Governor;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Darius;   Elder;   Government;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Sanhedrin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dari'us;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Elder;   Persia;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Per'sia;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Elder in the Old Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Leave the construction of the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
Hebrew Names Version
let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Yehudim and the Zakenim of the Yehudim build this house of God in its place.
King James Version
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place.
English Standard Version
Let the work on this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.
New Century Version
Do not bother the work on that Temple of God. Let the governor of the Jewish people and the Jewish elders rebuild this Temple where it was before.
Amplified Bible
"Leave the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the Jewish elders rebuild this house of God on its site.
New American Standard Bible
"Leave that work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild that house of God on its site.
World English Bible
let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Suffer ye the worke of this house of God, that the captaine of the Iewes and the Elders of the Iewes may buylde this house of God in his place.
Legacy Standard Bible
Leave that work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild that house of God in its designated place.
Berean Standard Bible
Leave the work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
Contemporary English Version
Let the Jewish governor and leaders rebuild it where it stood before. And stop slowing them down!
Complete Jewish Bible
Let the work of this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Judeans and the leaders of the Judeans rebuild this house of God on its site.
Darby Translation
let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't bother the workers. Don't try to stop the work on this Temple of God. Let the Jewish governor and the Jewish leaders rebuild it. Let them rebuild God's Temple in the same place it was in the past.
George Lamsa Translation
Let the work of the house of God alone: let the Jews and the Jewish exiles build the house of God in its place.
Good News Translation
and do not interfere with its construction. Let the governor of Judah and the Jewish leaders rebuild the Temple of God where it stood before.
Lexham English Bible
Leave this work of the house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.
Literal Translation
Let the work of this house of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God in its place.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Let them worke in ye house of God, that the Debyte of ye Iewes and their Elders maye buylde the house of God in his place.
American Standard Version
let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
Bible in Basic English
Let the work of this house of God go on; let the ruler of the Jews and their responsible men put up this house of God in its place.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let the worke of the house of this God alone, that the captaine of the Iewes and their elders may builde the house of God in his place.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
King James Version (1611)
Let the worke of this house of God alone, let the gouernour of the Iewes, and the elders of the Iewes, build this house of God in his place.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Now let alone the work of the house of God: let the rulers of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build that house of God on its place.
English Revised Version
let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and suffre ye, that thilke temple of God be maad of the duyk of Jewis, and of the eldre men of hem; and that thei bilde that hows of God in his place.
Update Bible Version
let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.
Webster's Bible Translation
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God in its place.
New King James Version
Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site.
New Living Translation
Do not disturb the construction of the Temple of God. Let it be rebuilt on its original site, and do not hinder the governor of Judah and the elders of the Jews in their work.
New Life Bible
Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the leaders of the Jews build this house of God again where it stood before.
New Revised Standard
let the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
let alone the work of this house of God, - the pasha of Judah, and the elders of Judah, this house of God, shall build upon its place;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And let that temple of God be built by the governor of the Jews, and by their ancients, that they may build that house of God in its place.
Revised Standard Version
let the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.
Young's Literal Translation
let alone the work of this house of God, let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God on its place.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.

Contextual Overview

1 So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: "Memorandum: 3 In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus gave orders concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: ‘Let the temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be set in place. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet, 4 with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized by the royal treasury. 5 Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.' 6 "Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates—all of you stay far away from there! 7 Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place. 8 "I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. 9 Whatever is needed—whether oxen or rams or lambs for burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by the priests who are in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without any neglect, 10 so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Let the work: Acts 5:38, Acts 5:39

Reciprocal: Isaiah 49:23 - kings

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose.
Genesis 6:3
So the Lord said, "My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for 120 more years."
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men.
Genesis 6:20
Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive.
Genesis 6:22
And Noah did all that God commanded him—he did indeed.
Psalms 37:20
But evil men will die; the Lord 's enemies will be incinerated— they will go up in smoke.
Proverbs 10:27
Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened.
Proverbs 16:4
The Lord works everything for its own ends— even the wicked for the day of disaster.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let the work of this house of God alone,.... Suffer them to go on with it, and do not hinder them; it looks, by these expressions, as if he had some suspicion or hint given him that they were inclined to molest them, or that there were some that stirred them up to it, and were desirous of it:

let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this house of God in his place; where it formerly stood; that is, go on with the building of it.


 
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