Ezra 7:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

And whatever seems good to you, and to your brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do according to the will of your God.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And whatever seems best to you and your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do according to the will of your God.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And whatsoever{H4101} shall seem good{H3191} to thee and to{H5922} thy brethren{H252} to do{H5648} with the rest{H7606} of the silver{H3702} and the gold,{H1722} that do{H5648} ye after the will{H7470} of your God.{H426}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And whatsoever{H4101}{H1768} shall seem good{H3191}{(H8748)} to thee, and to{H5922} thy brethren{H252}, to do{H5648}{(H8749)} with the rest{H7606} of the silver{H3702} and the gold{H1722}, that do{H5648}{(H8748)} after the will{H7470} of your God{H426}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And loke what it lyketh the and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the money, that do after the wyll of youre God.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And whatsoeuer it pleaseth thee and thy brethren to do with the rest of the siluer, & gold, doe ye it according to the will of your God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And looke what lyketh thee and thy brethren to do with the remnaunt of the siluer and golde, that do after the wyll of your God.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do you after the will of your God.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and that which to thee and to thy brethren is good to do with the rest of the silver and gold, according to the will of your God ye do.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And whatever seems right to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, that do, as may be pleasing to your God.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that after the will of your God.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 12:15 : 15 Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they delivered the money to pay the workmen because they dealt faithfully.
  • 2 Kgs 22:7 : 7 However, there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully.
  • Ezra 7:26 : 26 And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
  • Eph 5:17 : 17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezra 7:13-17
    5 verses
    83%

    13 I make a decree, that all of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with you.

    14 Since you are sent by the king, and of his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand;

    15 And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

    16 And all the silver and gold that you can find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:

    17 That you may buy speedily with this money bulls, rams, lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 7:19-23
    5 verses
    82%

    19 The vessels also that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

    20 And whatever more shall be needed for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house.

    21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

    22 Up to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

    23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

  • Ezra 8:25-30
    6 verses
    77%

    25 And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God, which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel present had offered:

    26 I weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels worth one hundred talents, and of gold one hundred talents;

    27 Also twenty basins of gold, worth a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine copper, as precious as gold.

    28 And I said to them, You are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers.

    29 Guard and keep them, until you weigh them before the chief priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD.

    30 So the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God.

  • Deut 14:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25 Then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose.

    26 And you shall spend the money for whatever your soul desires, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household,

  • Ezra 1:4
    76%

    4 And whoever remains in any place where he sojourns, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, besides the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 29:5
    75%

    5 The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all kinds of work to be made by the hands of craftsmen. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day to the LORD?

  • Ezra 1:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 And all those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

    7 Also King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods;

  • Esth 3:11
    73%

    11 And the king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."

  • Ezra 5:17
    73%

    17 Now therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the king's treasure house, which is there in Babylon, to see whether a decree was made by king Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his decision to us concerning this matter.

  • Ezra 6:7-9
    3 verses
    73%

    7 Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

    8 Moreover I make a decree as to what you shall do for the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that from the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given to these men, so that they are not hindered.

    9 And whatever they need—young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

  • 1 Chr 28:13-15
    3 verses
    72%

    13 Also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD.

    14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all kinds of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service:

    15 Even the weight for the lampstands of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every lampstand, and for its lamps: and for the lampstands of silver by weight, both for the lampstand and also for its lamps, according to the use of every lampstand.

  • Exod 35:5
    72%

    5 Take from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and bronze,

  • Deut 17:10
    72%

    10 You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.

  • Deut 12:6-8
    3 verses
    72%

    6 And there you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contributions of your hand, your vows, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks:

    7 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the LORD your God has blessed you.

    8 You shall not do as we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.

  • Ezra 6:5
    72%

    5 And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and place them in the house of God.

  • Exod 25:3
    71%

    3 And this is the offering you shall take from them; gold, silver, and bronze,

  • Neh 7:71-72
    2 verses
    71%

    71 And some of the chiefs of the fathers gave to the treasury of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand two hundred pounds of silver.

    72 And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pounds of silver, and sixty-seven priests' garments.

  • Ezra 7:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26 And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

    27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem:

  • Josh 6:19
    71%

    19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of bronze and iron, are consecrated to the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 29:3
    70%

    3 Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have given of my own proper goods, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

  • Deut 6:18
    70%

    18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

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    5 Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my precious pleasant things.

  • Lev 19:5
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    5 And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it of your own free will.

  • Ezra 2:69
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    69 They gave according to their ability to the treasure of the work sixty-one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pounds of silver, and one hundred priests' garments.

  • Num 18:30
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    30 Therefore you shall say to them, When you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the winepress.

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    18 Do good in your good pleasure to Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.