KJV King James Version
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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Ezra 8:36
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They also delivered the king’s edicts to the royal satraps and governors of the region west of the Euphrates, who proceeded to assist the people and the house of God.
WEB World English Bible
They delivered the king’s commissions to the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.
ASV American Standard Version
And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors beyond the River: and they furthered the people and the house of God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they give the laws of the king to the lieutenants of the king and the governors beyond the river, and they have lifted up the people and the house of God.
Surrounding context — Ezra 8
33 Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him [was] Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them [was] Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
34 By number [and] by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time.
35 [Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for] a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD.
36 And they delivered the king’s commissions unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God.
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וַֽיִּתְּנ֣וּ׀H5414 · na.tanto give: giveאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]דָּתֵ֣יH1881 · datlawהַמֶּ֗לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingלַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנֵי֙H323 · a.chash.dar.pansatrapהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוּפַחֲו֖וֹתH6346 · pe.chahgovernorעֵ֣בֶרH5676 · e.verside: besideהַנָּהָ֑רH5104 · na.harRiverוְנִשְּׂא֥וּH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הָעָ֖םH5971 · ampeopleוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בֵּֽית־H1004 · betplaceהָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ סH430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Ezra 7:21-24And I, [even] I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which [are] beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,Acts 18:27And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace:Isaiah 56:6-7Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;Ezra 5:6-17The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which [were] on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king:Ezra 4:7-23And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter [was] written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.Revelation 12:16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.Ezra 6:13Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.Esther 9:3And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
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