Ezra 7 · Verse 28

Ezra 7:28

And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
Ezra 7:28, King James Version

Ezra 7:28 in other translations

BSBand who has shown me favor before the king, his counselors, and all his powerful officials. And because the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, I took courage and gathered the leaders of Israel to return with me.
WEBand has extended loving kindness to me before the king and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the LORD my God’s hand on me, and I gathered together chief men out of Israel to go up with me.
ASVand hath extended lovingkindness unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of Jehovah my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
YLTand unto me hath stretched out kindness before the king and his counsellors, and before all the mighty heads of the king: and I have strengthened myself as the hand of Jehovah my God is upon me, and I gather out of Israel heads to go up with me.
DARBYand has extended mercy to me before the king and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened, as the hand of Jehovah my God was upon me; and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
BBEAnd has given mercy to me before the king and his government and before all the king's great captains. And I was made strong by the hand of the Lord my God which was on me, and I got together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
WebsterAnd hath extended mercy to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I assembled out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

What does Ezra 7:28 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 28 And I was strengthened - In what the king decreed he saw the hand of God; he therefore gave him the praise, and took courage. There is a most amiable spirit of piety in these reflections. Ezra simply states the case; shows what the king had determined, and tells what he said; and then points out the grand agent in the whole business - it was the Lord God of his fathers. Thus God had put it into the king's heart to beautify the house of Jehovah; and, as that house was built for the salvation of the souls of men, he gives God praise for putting it into the king's heart to repair it: he who loves God and man will rejoice in the establishment of the Divine worship, because this is the readiest way to promote the best interests of man.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 7:27-28

Two things Ezra blessed God for: 1. For his commission. If any good appear in our hearts, or in the hearts of others, we must own that God put it there, and bless him; it is he that worketh in us, both to will and to do that which is good. 2. For his encouragement: God has extended mercy to me. Ezra was a man of courage, yet he ascribed this not to his own heart, but to God's hand. If God give us his hand, we are…

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Ezra 7:28 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.

וְעָלַ֣יve.'a.Laiand towards meH5921
הִטָּה\־hi.tah-he has extendedH5186
חֶ֗סֶדChe.sedcovenant loyaltyH2617
לִפְנֵ֤יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְיֽוֹעֲצָ֔יוve.yo.'a.Tzavand counselors hisH3289
וּלְכָל\־u.le.khol-and to allH3605
שָׂרֵ֥יsa.Rei[the] officials ofH8269
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
הַגִּבֹּרִ֑יםha.gi.bo.Rim<the> mightyH1368
וַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.Niand IH589
הִתְחַזַּ֗קְתִּיhit.cha.Zak.tiI strengthened myselfH2388
כְּיַד\־ke.yad-according to [the] hand ofH3027
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהַי֙'e.lo.HaiGod myH430
עָלַ֔י'a.Laion meH5921
וָאֶקְבְּצָ֧הva.'ek.be.Tzahand I assembled !H6908
מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֛לmi.Yis.ra.'Elfrom IsraelH3478
רָאשִׁ֖יםra.ShimchiefsH7218
לַעֲל֥וֹתla.'a.Lotto go upH5927
עִמִּֽי\׃\ \פ'i.Miwith meH5973

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Cross references for Ezra 7:28

  • 2 Timothy 4:17-18

    Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

  • Genesis 32:28

    And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

  • Ezra 8:18

    And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen;

  • Ezra 9:9

    For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 5:5

    But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

  • Nehemiah 2:8

    And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.

  • Genesis 43:14

    And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

  • Ezra 7:9

    For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.

  • Ezra 7:6

    This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him.

  • Jonah 3:7

    And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:

  • Nehemiah 1:11

    O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

  • Ezra 7:14

    Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
extended.
9:9; Ge 32:28; 43:14; Ne 1:11
his counsellors.
14; Jon 3:7
And I was strengthened.In what the king decreed he saw the hand of God: he therefore gave Him the praise, and took courage.
as the hand.
6,9; 5:5; 8:18; Ne 2:8; 2Ti 4:17,18

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Context

  • 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:

  • Ezra 7:28

    And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

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Ezra 7:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
E inclinó hacia mí su misericordia delante del rey y de sus consultores, y de todos los príncipes poderosos del rey. Y yo, confortado según la mano de mi Dios sobre mí, junté los principales de Israel para que subiesen conmigo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et qui a étendu sur moi sa bonté devant le roi, et ses conseillers, et tous les puissants princes du roi! Et moi, je fus fortifié selon que la main de l’ Éternel, mon Dieu, était sur moi, et je rassemblai d’Israël des chefs pour monter avec moi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und der mir Güte zugewandt hat vor dem König und seinen Räten und allen mächtigen Fürsten des Königs! Und ich erstarkte, weil die Hand Jehovas, meines Gottes, über mir war, und ich versammelte Häupter aus Israel, daß sie mit mir hinaufzögen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et in me inclinavit misericordiam suam coram rege et consiliatoribus ejus, et universis principibus regis potentibus: et ego confortatus manu Domini Dei mei, quæ erat in me, congregavi de Israël principes qui ascenderent mecum.