Ezra 7:27-28
Christian Standard Bible
27 Blessed be the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who has put it into the king’s mind(A) to glorify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem,(B) 28 and who has shown favor to me before the king,(C) his counselors, and all his powerful officers. So I took courage because I was strengthened by the hand of the Lord my God,[a](D) and I gathered Israelite leaders to return with me.(E)
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- 7:28 Lit because the hand of the Lord my God was on me
Ezra 7:27-28
International Standard Version
Ezra’s Response to the Letter
27 Blessed be the Lord God of our ancestors,
who placed this decree[a] into the king’s heart
to beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem
28 and who showed gracious love to me before the king,
before his advisors,
and before all of the king’s mighty officials.
And I was strengthened because the hand of the Lord my God was upon me. So I gathered together the leaders of Israel to go with me.
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- Ezra 7:27 The Heb. lacks decree
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