King James Version
Ezra 7:27 in the King James Version says “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 o...” — study this verse from Ezra chapter 7 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 7:27 · KJV
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.
And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. to banishment: Chaldee, to rooting out
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:
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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“Blessed”
H1288to kneel; by implication to bless god (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (god or the king, as
“be the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“of our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which hath put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“heart”
H3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“to beautify”
H6286to gleam, i.e., (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e., make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“be the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which is in Jerusalem”
H3389jerushalaim or jerushalem, the capital city of palestine
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