Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the LORD, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. New Living Translation This was because Ezra had determined to study and obey the Law of the LORD and to teach those decrees and regulations to the people of Israel. English Standard Version For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Berean Standard Bible For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. King James Bible For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. New King James Version For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. New American Standard Bible For Ezra had firmly resolved to study the Law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. NASB 1995 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. NASB 1977 For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. Legacy Standard Bible For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of Yahweh and to practice it, and to teach His statute and judgment in Israel. Amplified Bible For Ezra had set his heart (resolved) to study and interpret the Law of the LORD, and to practice it and teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. Christian Standard Bible Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the LORD, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. Holman Christian Standard Bible Now Ezra had determined in his heart to study the law of the LORD, obey it, and teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. American Standard Version For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Because Azra had made his heart ready to perform the Law of LORD JEHOVAH, and to do and to teach the law and judgment in Israel. Brenton Septuagint Translation For Esdras had determined in his heart to seek the law, and to do and teach the ordinances and judgments in Israel. Contemporary English Version Ezra had spent his entire life studying and obeying the Law of the LORD and teaching it to others. Douay-Rheims Bible For Esdras had prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do and to teach in Israel the commandments and judgment. English Revised Version For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. GOD'S WORD® Translation Ezra was determined to study the LORD's Teachings, live by them, and teach their rules and regulations in Israel. Good News Translation Ezra had devoted his life to studying the Law of the LORD, to practicing it, and to teaching all its laws and regulations to the people of Israel. International Standard Version For Ezra had set his heart to seek the Law of the LORD, to obey it, and to teach God's statutes and judgments in Israel. JPS Tanakh 1917 For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. Literal Standard Version for Ezra has prepared his heart to seek the Law of YHWH, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment. Majority Standard Bible For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. New American Bible Ezra had set his heart on the study and practice of the law of the LORD and on teaching statutes and ordinances in Israel. NET Bible Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the LORD, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel. New Revised Standard Version For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach the statutes and ordinances in Israel. New Heart English Bible For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances. Webster's Bible Translation For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. World English Bible For Ezra had set his heart to seek Yahweh’s law, and to do it, and to teach statutes and ordinances in Israel. Young's Literal Translation for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Ezra Goes Up to Jerusalem…9He had begun the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, and he arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, for the gracious hand of his God was upon him. 10For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel. Cross References Deuteronomy 33:10 He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar. Ezra 7:11 This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel: Ezra 7:25 And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which you possess, are to appoint magistrates and judges to judge all the people west of the Euphrates--all who know the laws of your God. And you are to teach these laws to anyone who does not know them. Nehemiah 8:1 At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. Treasury of Scripture For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. prepared 1 Samuel 7:3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 1 Chronicles 29:18 O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: 2 Chronicles 12:14 And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. the law 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. Psalm 1:2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. Psalm 19:7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. to do it Deuteronomy 16:12 And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. Matthew 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and to teach 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. Deuteronomy 33:10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 2 Chronicles 17:8,9 And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests… Jump to Previous Decisions Decrees Devoted Directed Ezra Heart Israel Judgment Judgments Law Mind Observance Ordinances Practice Prepared Rules Seek Statute Statutes Study Teach TeachingJump to Next Decisions Decrees Devoted Directed Ezra Heart Israel Judgment Judgments Law Mind Observance Ordinances Practice Prepared Rules Seek Statute Statutes Study Teach TeachingEzra 7 1. Ezra goes up to Jerusalem11. The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra 27. Ezra blesses God for this favor (10) For Ezra had prepared his heart.--It must be remembered that the providence of God over him immediately precedes--not as the reward of his preparing his heart, but as the reason of it. First, he gave himself to study the law, then to practise it himself, and lastly to teach its positive statutes or ordinances and its moral judgments or precepts--a perfect description of a teacher in the congregation. There is nothing discordant in Ezra saying of himself that he had thus "set his heart."Verse 10. - For Ezra had prepared his heart, etc. God's favour towards Ezra, and the prosperous issue of his journey, were the consequences of his having set his heart on learning God's will, and doing it, and teaching it to others. To seek the law is to aim at obtaining a complete knowledge of it. To teach statutes and judgments is to inculcate both the ceremonial and the moral precepts. Ezra appears as a teacher of righteousness in Ezra 10:10, 11, and again in Nehemiah 8:2-18 CHAPTER 7:11-28 THE DECREE OF ARTAXERXES WITH RESPECT TO EZRA (vers. 11-26). The present decree was of the nature of a firman granted to an individual. It embodied, in the first place, a certain number of provisions which were temporary. Of this character were - 1. the permission accorded to all Persian subjects of Israelite descent to accompany Ezra to Jerusalem (ver. 13); 2. the commission to Ezra to convey to Jerusalem certain offerings made by the king and his chief courtiers to the God of Israel (vers. 15, 19); . . . Hebrew Forכִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction Ezra עֶזְרָא֙ (‘ez·rā) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 5830: Ezra -- 'help', three Israelites had set הֵכִ֣ין (hê·ḵîn) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect his heart לְבָב֔וֹ (lə·ḇā·ḇōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heart to study לִדְר֛וֹשׁ (liḏ·rō·wōš) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship the law תּוֹרַ֥ת (tō·w·raṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8451: Direction, instruction, law of the LORD, יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH to practice it, וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑ת (wə·la·‘ă·śōṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make and to teach וּלְלַמֵּ֥ד (ū·lə·lam·mêḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's 3925: To exercise in, learn its statutes חֹ֥ק (ḥōq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute and ordinances וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ (ū·miš·pāṭ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style in Israel. בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Links Ezra 7:10 NIVEzra 7:10 NLT Ezra 7:10 ESV Ezra 7:10 NASB Ezra 7:10 KJV Ezra 7:10 BibleApps.com Ezra 7:10 Biblia Paralela Ezra 7:10 Chinese Bible Ezra 7:10 French Bible Ezra 7:10 Catholic Bible OT History: Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart (Ezr. 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