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Ezra 10:4

Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee: take courage, and do it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Decision;   Divorce;   Ezra;   Thompson Chain Reference - Awakenings and Religious Reforms;   Awakenings, Religious;   Co-Operation;   Courage;   Courage-Fear;   Ezra;   Unity-Strife;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Alliance and Society with the Enemies of God;   Divorce;   Magistrates;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Shecaniah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezra, Book of;   Jehiel;   Shechaniah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Addan;   Ezra;   Ezra, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ezra;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Courage;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we support you. Be strong and take action!”
Hebrew Names Version
Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you: be of good courage, and do it.
King James Version
Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
English Standard Version
Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it."
New Century Version
Get up, Ezra. You are in charge, and we will support you. Have courage and do it."
New English Translation
Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!"
Amplified Bible
"Stand up, for it is your duty, and we will be with you. Be brave and act."
New American Standard Bible
"Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act."
World English Bible
Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you: be of good courage, and do it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort and do it.
Legacy Standard Bible
Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be strong and act."
Berean Standard Bible
Get up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!"
Contemporary English Version
Ezra, it's up to you to do something! We will support whatever you do. So be brave!
Complete Jewish Bible
Stand up, and do your duty, for we are with you; take courage, and do it!"
Darby Translation
Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].
Easy-to-Read Version
Get up, Ezra. This is your responsibility, but we will support you. So be brave and do it."
George Lamsa Translation
For this law is decreed for you; for we are with you; be strong and do it.
Good News Translation
It is your responsibility to act. We are behind you, so go ahead and get it done."
Lexham English Bible
Arise, for it is your task and we are with you. Be strong and do it."
Literal Translation
Rise up, for the matter is on you. We also will be with you. Be strong and act.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Get the vp therfore, for the matter belongeth vnto the. We wyll be with the, be of good comforte, and do it.
American Standard Version
Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Bible in Basic English
Up, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Get thee vp, for this matter belongeth vnto thee, we also will be with thee: be of good comfort therfore, and do it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee; be of good courage, and do it.'
King James Version (1611)
Arise, for this matter belongeth vnto thee, wee also will be with thee: be of good courage, and doe it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
arise, and alarm them with the commands of our God; and let it be done according to the law. Rise up, for the matter is upon thee; and we are with thee: be strong and do.
English Revised Version
Arise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Rise thou, it `is thin office to deme, and we schulen be with thee; be thou coumfortid, and do.
Update Bible Version
Arise; for the matter belongs to you, and we are with you: be of good courage, and do it.
Webster's Bible Translation
Arise; for [this] matter [belongeth] to thee: we also [will be] with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].
New King James Version
Arise, for this matter is your responsibility. We also are with you. Be of good courage, and do it."
New Living Translation
Get up, for it is your duty to tell us how to proceed in setting things straight. We are behind you, so be strong and take action."
New Life Bible
Get up, for this is your duty, but we will be with you. Have strength of heart and do it."
New Revised Standard
Take action, for it is your duty, and we are with you; be strong, and do it."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Arise, for, upon thee, resteth the thing, but, we, are with thee, - be strong, and act.
Revised Standard Version
Arise, for it is your task, and we are with you; be strong and do it."
Young's Literal Translation
rise, for on thee [is] the matter, and we [are] with thee; be strong, and do.'
THE MESSAGE
"Now get up, Ezra. Take charge—we're behind you. Don't back down."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act."

Contextual Overview

1 Now when Esdras was thus praying, and beseeching, and weeping, and lying before the temple of God, there was gathered to him of Israel an exceeding great assembly of men and women and children, and the people wept with much lamentation. 2 And Sechenias the son of Jehiel of the sons of Elam answered, and said to Esdras: We have sinned against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: and now if there be repentance in Israel concerning this, 3 Let us make a covenant with the Lord our God, to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the will of the Lord, and of them that fear the commandment of the Lord our God: let it be done according to the law. 4 Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee: take courage, and do it. 5 So Esdras arose, and made the chiefs of the priests and of the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word, and they swore.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Arise: Joshua 7:10-26, 1 Chronicles 22:16, 1 Chronicles 22:19, Ecclesiastes 9:10

for this matter: By the decree of Artaxerxes, Ezra was authorised to do every thing that the law of God required. Ezra 7:23-28, Mark 13:34

we also will: Joshua 1:16-18, 1 Chronicles 28:10, 1 Chronicles 28:21

be of good: Isaiah 35:3, Isaiah 35:4, Hebrews 10:24, Hebrews 12:12, Hebrews 12:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 42:1 - Why do ye Exodus 14:15 - General Joshua 1:18 - only be 1 Chronicles 19:13 - of good Ezra 10:12 - so must we do

Cross-References

Numbers 24:24
They shall come in galleys from Italy, they shall overcome the Assyrians, and shall waste the Hebrews, and at the last they themselves also shall perish.
Isaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of the sea, for the house is destroyed, from whence they were wont to come: from the land of Cethim it is revealed to them.
Isaiah 23:12
And he said: Thou shalt glory no more, O virgin daughter of Sidon, who art oppressed: arise and sail over to Cethim, there also thou shalt have no rest.
Ezekiel 27:12
The Carthaginians thy merchants supplied thy fairs with a multitude of all kinds of riches, with silver, iron, tin, and lead,
Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of the sea, were thy chief in thy merchandise: and thou wast replenished, and glorified exceedingly in the heart of the sea.
Daniel 11:30
And the galleys and the Romans shall come upon him, and he shall be struck, and shall return, and shall have indignation against the covenant of the sanctuary, and he shall succeed: and he shall return, and shall devise against them that have forsaken the covenant of the sanctuary.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Arise,.... From the ground, where he lay prostrate:

for this matter belongeth unto thee; as a priest and scribe of the law, well versed in it, and therefore could direct what was to be done according to it; and as a ruler under the king of Persia, and a commissioner of his, to inquire whether the law of God was observed by the Jews, Ezra 7:14 and so had authority to put the law in execution:

we also will be with thee; to help and assist in the reformation of this evil:

be of good courage, and do it; do not despair of going through it, though there may be some opposition to it; begin, and doubt not of succeeding.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 10:4. Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee] By the decree of Artaxerxes, he was authorized to do everything that the law of God required: see Ezra 7:23-28. And all officers were commanded to be aiding and assisting; hence Shechaniah says, We are with you.


 
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