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Geneva Bible

Ezra 10:4

Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort 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.
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Arise, it is thy part to give orders, and we will be with thee: take courage, and do it.
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 Whiles Ezra prayed thus, and confessed himselfe weeping, and falling downe before the house of God, there assembled vnto him of Israel a very great Congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept with a great lamentation. 2 Then Shechaniah the sonne of Iehiel one of the sonnes of Elam answered, & sayd to Ezra, We haue trespassed against our God, & haue taken strange wiues of the people of the land, yet nowe there is hope in Israel concerning this. 3 Now therfore let vs make a couenant with our God, to put away all the wiues (and such as are borne of them) according to the counsell of the Lord, and of those that feare the commandements of our God, and let it be done according to the Lawe. 4 Arise: for the matter belogeth vnto thee: we also wil be with thee: be of comfort and do it. 5 Then arose Ezra, and caused the chiefe Priestes, the Leuites, and all Israel, to sweare that they would doe according to this worde. So they sware.

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
The ships also shal come from the coastes of Chittim, and subdue Asshur, and shall subdue Eber, and he also shall come to destruction.
Isaiah 23:1
The burden of Tyrus. Howle, yee shippes of Tarshish: for it is destroied, so that there is none house: none shall come from the lande of Chittim: it is reueiled vnto them.
Isaiah 23:12
And he saide, Thou shalt no more reioyce when thou art oppressed: O virgin daughter of Zidon: rise vp, goe ouer vnto Chittim: yet there thou shalt haue no rest.
Ezekiel 27:12
They of Tarshish were thy marchantes for the multitude of all riches, for siluer, yron, tynne, and leade, which they brought to thy faires.
Ezekiel 27:25
The shippes of Tarshish were thy chiefe in thy marchandise, and thou wast replenished and made very glorious in the middes of the sea.
Daniel 11:30
For the shippes of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shalbe sorie and returne, and freat against the holy couenant: so shall he doe, he shall euen returne and haue intelligence with them that forsake the holy couenant.

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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