Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
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Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that according to the will of your God.
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And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
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And whatsoever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God.
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Passages linked to Ezra 7:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 2 Kings 12:15 Moreover they didn’t demand an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to give to those who did the work; for they dealt faithfully.
- 2 Kings 22:7 However there was no accounting made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand; for they dealt faithfully.”
- Ezra 7:26 Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
- Ephesians 5:17 Therefore don’t be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain As ye know best may serve to God’s glory.
As ye know best may serve to God’s glory.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Ezr 7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee,…
Ezr 7:18 And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God.
Ver. 18. And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, &c.] The king knew them to be faithful and wise stewards (such as Hanani was, Neh 7:2), and, therefore, leaveth much of the money to be bestowed as they pleased.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house…
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shall have occasion to bestow,.... For the beautifying and ornamenting the temple, Ezr 7:27,
bestow it out of the king's treasure house; where the money collected by tribute, tax, and custom, was deposited; his exchequer, as it may be called, see Ezr 6:8.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. After the will of your God] He…
Verse 18. After the will of your God] He gave them the fullest liberty to order every thing according to their own institutions, binding them to no form or mode of worship.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. (ii) General purposes.
18. (ii) General purposes.
that do after the will of your God] R.V. that do ye after &c. The command is given to Ezra and his brethren, i.e. the priests. They who disposed of the money expended upon the sacrifices, were to determine as to the disposition of the remainder.
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the will of your God] with reference here to the Law.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) The rest . . .—This clause of large…
(18) The rest . . .—This clause of large latitude would be of great importance for the general beautify. ing of the Temple (Ezr_7:27).
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