Ezra · Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 1 Young's Literal Translation
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1 And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, at the completion of the word of Jehovah from the mouth of Jeremiah, hath Jehovah waked up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he causeth an intimation to pass over into all his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,
1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
2 'Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All kingdoms of the earth hath Jehovah, God of the heavens, given to me, and He hath laid a charge on me to build to Him a house in Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah;
2 “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
3 who [is] among you of all His people? His God is with him, and he doth go up to Jerusalem, that [is] in Judah, and build the house of Jehovah, God of Israel — He [is] God — that [is] in Jerusalem.
3 Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
4 'And every one who is left, of any of the places where he [is] a sojourner, assist him do the men of his place with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, along with a free-will offering for the house of God, that [is] in Jerusalem.'
4 Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’”
5 And heads of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin rise, and the priests and the Levites, even every one whose spirit God hath waked, to go up to build the house of Jehovah, that [is] in Jerusalem;
5 Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem.
6 and all those round about them have strengthened [them] with their hands, with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, apart from all that hath been offered willingly.
6 All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered.
7 And the king Cyrus hath brought out the vessels of the house of Jehovah that Nebuchadnezzar hath brought out of Jerusalem, and putteth them in the house of his gods;
7 Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
8 yea, Cyrus king of Persia bringeth them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbereth them to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
8 even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
9 And this [is] their number: dishes of gold thirty, dishes of silver a thousand, knives nine and twenty,
9 This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
10 basins of gold thirty, basins of silver (seconds) four hundred and ten, other vessels a thousand.
10 thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver [are] five thousand and four hundred; the whole hath Sheshbazzar brought up with the going up of the removal from Babylon to Jerusalem.
11 All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Cyrus
King of Persia whose spirit the LORD stirred in his first year to proclaim that God had appointed him to build a house for Him at Jerusalem and that God's people may go up.
Cited in the guide: 2 Chronicles 36:22; 2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1
Mithredath
Cyrus’s treasurer who brought out the temple articles and counted them out to Sheshbazzar.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 1:8
Sheshbazzar
Prince of Judah to whom Cyrus gave the temple articles; he carried them to Jerusalem, was appointed governor, and is said to have laid the foundation of the house of God.
Cited in the guide: Ezra 1:8; Ezra 1:11; Ezra 5:14
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 29:10; 2 Chronicles 36:22–23; Jeremiah 25:12–14; Ezra 6:22; Ezra 7:27
- 2 Isaiah 45:12–13; Isaiah 44:26–45:1; Daniel 5:23; Daniel 5:19–21; Daniel 4:32
- 3 Daniel 6:26; Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 45:5; Acts 10:36; Joshua 1:9
- 4 1 Chronicles 29:3; Galatians 6:2; 1 Chronicles 29:9; 3 John 6–8; Ezra 2:68–70
- 5 Ezra 1:1; 2 Chronicles 36:22; Philippians 2:13; James 1:16–17; Nehemiah 2:12
- 6 2 Corinthians 9:7; Ezra 1:4; Psalm 110:3; Ezra 8:25–28; Ezra 7:15–16
- 7 2 Chronicles 36:7; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:5; 2 Kings 24:13; 2 Chronicles 36:10
- 8 Ezra 5:14; Haggai 1:1; Zechariah 4:6–10; Ezra 5:16; Ezra 1:11
- 9 1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:11; Numbers 7:13; Matthew 10:29–31; Matthew 14:8
- 11 Matthew 1:11–12; Romans 9:23; 2 Timothy 2:19–21
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