Ezra 7 · Verse 26

Ezra 7:26

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.
Ezra 7:26, King James Version

Ezra 7:26 in other translations

BSBIf anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.
WEBWhoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
ASVAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
YLTand any who doth not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, speedily is judgment done upon him, whether to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of riches, and to bonds.'
DARBYAnd whosoever will not do the law of thy God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed diligently upon him, whether unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
BBEAnd if anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, take care that punishment is given to him, by death or by driving him from his country or by taking away his goods or by putting him in prison.
WebsterAnd whoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

What does Ezra 7:26 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 26 Whether it be unto death - These include almost every species of punishment which should be inflicted on culprits in any civilized state. With this verse the Chaldee part of this chapter ends.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 7:11-26

The liberality of heathen kings to support the worship of God, reproached the conduct of many kings of Judah, and will rise up in judgment against the covetousness of wealthy professed Christians, who will not promote the cause of God. But the weapons of Christian ministers are not carnal. Faithful preaching, holy lives, fervent prayers, and patient suffering when called to it, are the means to bring men into…

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Ezra 7:26 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.

וְכָל\־ve.kholand anyH3606
דִּי\־di-whoH1768
לָא֩la'notH3809
לֶהֱוֵ֨אle.he.Ve'he will beH1934
עָבֵ֜ד'a.VeddoingH5648
דָּתָ֣אda.Ta'law theH1882
דִֽי\־di-ofH1768
אֱלָהָ֗ךְ'e.la.HakhGod yourH426
וְדָתָא֙ve.da.Ta'and decree theH1882
דִּ֣יdiofH1768
מַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'king theH4430
אָסְפַּ֕רְנָא'a.se.Par.na'diligentlyH629
דִּינָ֕הdi.Nah'<the> judgmentH1780
לֶהֱוֵ֥אle.he.Ve'let it beH1934
מִתְעֲבֵ֖דmit.'a.VeddoneH5648
מִנֵּ֑הּmi.Nehfrom himH4481
הֵ֤ןhenwhetherH2006
לְמוֹת֙le.mOtto deathH4193
הֵ֣ןhenorH2006
לִשְׁרֹשִׁ֔יlish.ro.shuto banishmentH8332
הֵן\־hen-orH2006
לַעֲנָ֥שׁla.'a.Nashto confiscation ofH6065
נִכְסִ֖יןnikh.Sinproperti<es>H5232
וְלֶאֱסוּרִֽין\׃\ \פve.le.'e.su.Rinand to imprisonment<s>H613

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

Cross references for Ezra 7:26

  • Ezra 6:11

    Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

  • Deuteronomy 13:1-18

    If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. …

  • Leviticus 20:1-27

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: …

  • Exodus 21:1-22

    Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself. …

  • Daniel 6:26

    I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:12

    Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord.

  • Daniel 3:28-29

    Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

  • Psalms 52:5

    God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
whosoever.
6:11; Da 3:28,29; 6:26
the law of thy God.
2Ch 30:12
whether it be.
Ex 21:1-22:31; Le 20:1-27; De 13:1-18
banishment. Chal. rooting out.
Ps 52:5

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Context

  • Ezra 7:25

    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.

  • Ezra 7:26

    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.

  • Ezra 7:27

    Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem:

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Ezra 7:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y cualquiera que no hiciere la ley de tu Dios, y la ley del rey, prestamente sea juzgado, ó á muerte, ó á desarraigo, ó á pena de la hacienda, ó á prisión.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et quiconque ne pratique pas la loi de ton Dieu et la loi du roi, qu’il en soit fait justice promptement, ou par la mort, ou par l’exil, ou par la confiscation de ses biens, ou par l’emprisonnement.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ein jeder, der das Gesetz deines Gottes und das Gesetz des Königs nicht tun wird, an dem soll mit Eifer Gericht geübt werden, sei es zum Tode, oder zur Verbannung, oder zur Buße an Gütern, oder zum Gefängnis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et omnis qui non fecerit legem Dei tui, et legem regis, diligenter, judicium erit de eo sive in mortem, sive in exilium, sive in condemnationem substantiæ ejus, vel certe in carcerem.