Ezra 7:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, to observe it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י עֶזְרָא֙ הֵכִ֣ין לְבָב֔וֹ לִדְר֛וֹשׁ אֶת־תּוֹרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה וְלַעֲשֹׂ֑ת וּלְלַמֵּ֥ד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל חֹ֥ק וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃

Transliteration

For ʿEzrāʾ hēḵîn ləḇāḇô to liḏrôš ʾeṯ-tôraṯ YHWH and to laʿăśōṯ and to ləlammēḏ in Yiśrāʾēl ḥōq and mišpāṭ

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *hēḵîn*: perfect verb, third person masculine singular, hiphil stem - prepared/established
• *ləḇāḇô*: masculine singular noun with third person masculine singular suffix - his heart
• *li-ḏrôš*: preposition with infinitive construct, qal stem - to seek/study
• *ʾeṯ*: direct object marker
• *tôraṯ*: feminine singular construct noun - law/instruction of
• *wə-la-ʿăśōṯ*: conjunction with preposition and infinitive construct, qal stem - and to do/practice
• *û-lə-lammēḏ*: conjunction with preposition and infinitive construct, piel stem - and to teach
• *bə-Yiśrāʾēl*: preposition with proper noun - in Israel
• *ḥōq*: masculine singular noun - statute/decree
• *û-mišpāṭ*: conjunction with masculine singular noun - and judgment/ordinance

Word Meanings

• *hēḵîn*: prepared/established/set firm
• *liḏrôš*: to seek/study/inquire
• *tôraṯ*: law/instruction/teaching
• *laʿăśōṯ*: to do/practice/perform
• *ləlammēḏ*: to teach/instruct
• *ḥōq*: statute/decree/regulation
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/ordinance/custom

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For a had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  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.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Ezra{H5830} had set{H3559} his heart{H3824} to seek{H1875} the law{H8451} of Jehovah,{H3068} and to do{H6213} it, and to teach{H3925} in Israel{H3478} statutes{H2706} and ordinances.{H4941}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For Ezra{H5830} had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} his heart{H3824} to seek{H1875}{(H8800)} the law{H8451} of the LORD{H3068}, and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} it, and to teach{H3925}{(H8763)} in Israel{H3478} statutes{H2706} and judgments{H4941}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  For E?dras prepared his hert to seke the lawe of the LORDE, and to do it, and to teach the precepte & iudgment in Israel.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For Ezra had prepared his heart to seeke the Lawe of the Lord, and to doe it, and to teach the precepts and iudgements in Israel.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For Esdras prepared his heart to seeke the law of the Lorde, and to do it, and to teache the preceptes and iudgementes in Israel.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for Ezra hath prepared his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do, and to teach in Israel statute and judgment.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

• World English Bible (2000)

  For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  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.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 33:10 : 10 They will teach Your judgments to Jacob and Your law to Israel; they will offer incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
• Ezra 7:25 : 25 And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, are to appoint judges and magistrates who can judge all the people in the region beyond the River—all those who know the laws of your God. And for anyone who does not know them, you shall teach them.
• Ps 10:17 : 17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts and listen with Your ear.
• Matt 7:24 : 24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
• John 13:17 : 17 If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
• 2 Tim 4:2 : 2 Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and teaching.
• Ps 119:96-99 : 96 I have seen a limit to all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad. 97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all day long. 98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the elders, because I keep Your precepts.
• Mal 2:7 : 7 For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.
• Ps 1:2 : 2 Instead, his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on His law, he meditates day and night.
• 2 Chr 30:22 : 22 Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites, who showed good understanding of the service to the LORD. They ate throughout the appointed seven days, offering fellowship sacrifices and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
• 1 Chr 29:18 : 18 LORD, the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, keep these intentions and thoughts in the hearts of your people forever, and direct their hearts toward you.
• 2 Chr 12:14 : 14 He did evil because he did not resolve in his heart to seek the LORD.
• 2 Chr 17:8-9 : 8 With them were the Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram. 9 They taught in Judah, taking with them the Book of the Law of the LORD. They went around to all the cities of Judah and instructed the people.
• 2 Chr 19:3 : 3 But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asherah poles from the land and have set your heart to seek God.
• Ezra 7:6 : 6 this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the Law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted him everything he had requested because the hand of the Lord his God was upon him.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 Then Samuel said to the whole house of Israel, 'If you are truly returning to the LORD with all your heart, rid yourselves of the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth among you. Commit your hearts to the LORD and worship Him only, and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.'
• Deut 16:12 : 12 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these decrees.
• Neh 8:1-9 : 1 All the people gathered together as one in the open square in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel. 2 So Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which included men, women, and all who could understand what they heard. This happened on the first day of the seventh month. 3 He read from it in the open square before the Water Gate, from daybreak until midday, in the presence of the men, women, and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law. 4 Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform made for this purpose. Beside him on his right stood Mattithiah, Shema, Ananiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah; and on his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. 5 Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people because he was standing above them. As he opened it, all the people stood up. 6 Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people responded, 'Amen, Amen,' lifting up their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. 7 The Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—helped the people understand the Law as they stood in their places. 8 They read from the Book of the Law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning so that the people could understand what was being read. 9 Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of them, 'This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep.' For all the people were weeping as they heard the words of the Law.
• Job 11:13 : 13 If you would set your heart right and stretch out your hands toward Him,
• Ps 57:7 : 7 They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my path, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah.
• Ps 119:45 : 45 I will walk in freedom, for I have sought Your precepts.
• Matt 5:19 : 19 So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
• Titus 2:1 : 1 As for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound teaching.
• Titus 2:15 : 15 Speak these things, encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
• Acts 1:1 : 1 In my first account, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach.
• 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
• Rev 22:14 : 14 Blessed are those who keep His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates.