Ezra 10 · Verse 4

Ezra 10:4

Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
Ezra 10:4, King James Version

Ezra 10:4 in other translations

BSBGet up, for this matter is your responsibility, and we will support you. Be strong and take action!”
WEBArise, for the matter belongs to you and we are with you. Be courageous, and do it.”
ASVArise; for the matter belongeth unto thee, and we are with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
YLTrise, for on thee is the matter, and we are with thee; be strong, and do.'
DARBYArise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.
BBEUp, now! for this is your business, and we are with you; take heart and do it.
WebsterArise; for this matter belongeth to thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

What does Ezra 10:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 10:2-4

2-4. Shechaniah ... answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed--This was one of the leading men, who was not himself a delinquent in the matter, for his name does not occur in the following list. He spoke in the general name of the people, and his conduct evinced a tender conscience, as well as no small fortitude in making such a proposal; for as his father and five paternal uncles (Ezr 10:26) were involved in…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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 Ezr 7:23-28. And all officers were commanded to be aiding and assisting; hence Shechaniah says, We are with you.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 10:1-5

Shechaniah owned the national guilt. The case is sad, but it is not desperate; the disease threatening, but not incurable. Now that the people begin to lament, a spirit of repentance seems to be poured out; now there is hope that God will forgive, and have mercy. The sin that rightly troubles us, shall not ruin us. In melancholy times we must observe what makes for us, as well as against us. And there may be good…

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Ezra 10:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ק֛וּםkumariseH6965
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
עָלֶ֥יךָ'a.Lei.kha[is] on youH5921
הַדָּבָ֖רha.da.Varthe matterH1697
וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּva.'a.Nach.nuand weH587
עִמָּ֑ךְ'i.Makh[will be] with youH5973
חֲזַ֖קcha.Zakbe strongH2388
וַעֲשֵֽׂה\׃\ \פva.'a.Sehand actH6213

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezra 10:4

  • 1 Chronicles 28:10

    Take heed now; for the Lord hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:19

    Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.

  • Hebrews 12:12-13

    Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.

  • Hebrews 10:24

    And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

  • Isaiah 35:3-4

    Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

  • 1 Chronicles 22:16

    Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.

  • Ezra 7:23-28

    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? 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. 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. And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. …

  • 1 Chronicles 28:21

    And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

  • Mark 13:34

    For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

  • Joshua 7:10-26

    And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. …

  • Joshua 1:16-18

    And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Arise.
Jos 7:10-26; 1Ch 22:16,19; Ec 9:10
for this matter.By the decree of Artaxerxes, Ezra was authorised to do every thing that the law of God required.
7:23-28; Mr 13:34
we also will.
Jos 1:16-18; 1Ch 28:10,21
be of good.
Isa 35:3,4; Heb 10:24; 12:12,13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Ezra 10:3

    Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

  • Ezra 10:4

    Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

  • Ezra 10:5

    Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

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Ezra 10:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Levántate, porque á ti toca el negocio, y nosotros seremos contigo; esfuérzate, y ponlo por obra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Lève-toi, car la chose repose sur toi, et nous serons avec toi; sois fort et agis.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Stehe auf, denn dir liegt die Sache ob; und wir werden mit dir sein. Sei stark und handle!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Surge, tuum est decernere, nosque erimus tecum: confortare, et fac.