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World English Bible

Ezra 1 (WEBP)

[1] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
[2] “Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
[3] Whoever there is among you of all his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of Yahweh, the God of Israel (he is God), which is in Jerusalem.
[4] Whoever is left, in any place where he lives, let the men of his place help him with silver, with gold, with goods, and with animals, in addition to the free will offering for God’s house which is in Jerusalem.’”
[5] Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin, the priests and the Levites, all whose spirit God had stirred to go up, rose up to build Yahweh’s house which is in Jerusalem.
[6] All those who were around them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, with animals, and with precious things, in addition to all that was willingly offered.
[7] Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of Yahweh’s house, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought out of Jerusalem, and had put in the house of his gods;
[8] even those, Cyrus king of Persia brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
[9] This is the number of them: thirty platters of gold, one thousand platters of silver, twenty-nine knives,
[10] thirty bowls of gold, four hundred ten silver bowls of a second kind, and one thousand other vessels.
[11] All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand four hundred. Sheshbazzar brought all these up when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Ezra 1:2 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ezra 1 (KJVS)

[1] Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
[2] Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
[3] Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
[4] And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
[5] Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
[6] And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
[7] Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods;
[8] even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah.
[9] And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives,
[10] thirty basons of gold, silver basons of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand.
[11] All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem.

Ezra 1:4 Heb. lift him up
Ezra 1:6 That is, helped them
Ezra 1:11 Heb. the transportation

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ezra 1 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () πρώτῳ () ἔτει () Κύρου τοῦ () βασιλέως () Περσῶν τοῦ () τελεσθῆναι () λόγον () κυρίου () ἀπὸ () στόματος () Ιερεμιου () ἐξήγειρεν () κύριος () τὸ () πνεῦμα () Κύρου βασιλέως () Περσῶν, καὶ () παρήγγειλεν () φωνὴν () ἐν () πάσῃ () βασιλείᾳ () αὐτοῦ () καί () γε () ἐν () γραπτῷ λέγων ()
[2] Οὕτως () εἶπεν () Κῦρος βασιλεὺς () Περσῶν Πάσας () τὰς () βασιλείας () τῆς () γῆς () ἔδωκέν () μοι () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐπεσκέψατο () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () τοῦ () οἰκοδομῆσαι () αὐτῷ () οἶκον () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ () τῇ () ἐν () τῇ () Ιουδαίᾳ. ()
[3] Τίς () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἀπὸ () παντὸς () τοῦ () λαοῦ () αὐτοῦ; () Καὶ () ἔσται () ὁ () θεὸς () αὐτοῦ () μετ’ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἀναβήσεται () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ () τὴν () ἐν () τῇ () Ιουδαίᾳ, () καὶ () οἰκοδομησάτω () τὸν () οἶκον () θεοῦ () Ισραηλ () [αὐτὸς () ὁ () θεὸς () ὁ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ]. ()
[4] Καὶ () πᾶς () ὁ () καταλειπόμενος () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () τόπων, () οὗ () αὐτὸς () παροικεῖ () ἐκεῖ, () καὶ () λήμψονται () αὐτὸν () ἄνδρες () τοῦ () τόπου () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () ἀργυρίῳ () καὶ () χρυσίῳ () καὶ () ἀποσκευῇ καὶ () κτήνεσιν () μετὰ () τοῦ () ἑκουσίου () εἰς () οἶκον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () τοῦ () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ. () —
[5] καὶ () ἀνέστησαν () ἄρχοντες () τῶν () πατριῶν () τῷ () Ιουδα καὶ () Βενιαμιν () καὶ () οἱ () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () οἱ () Λευῖται, () πάντων () ὧν () ἐξήγειρεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸ () πνεῦμα () αὐτῶν () τοῦ () ἀναβῆναι () οἰκοδομῆσαι () τὸν () οἶκον () κυρίου () τὸν () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[6] Καὶ () πάντες () οἱ () κυκλόθεν () ἐνίσχυσαν () ἐν () χερσὶν () αὐτῶν () ἐν () σκεύεσιν () ἀργυρίου, () ἐν () χρυσῷ, () ἐν () ἀποσκευῇ καὶ () ἐν () κτήνεσιν () καὶ () ἐν () ξενίοις πάρεξ τῶν () ἐν () ἑκουσίοις. ()
[7] Καὶ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Κῦρος ἐξήνεγκεν () τὰ () σκεύη () οἴκου () κυρίου, () ἃ () ἔλαβεν () Ναβουχοδονοσορ ἀπὸ () Ιερουσαλημ () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () αὐτὰ () ἐν () οἴκῳ () θεοῦ () αὐτοῦ, ()
[8] καὶ () ἐξήνεγκεν () αὐτὰ () Κῦρος βασιλεὺς () Περσῶν ἐπὶ () χεῖρα () Μιθραδάτου γασβαρηνου, καὶ () ἠρίθμησεν () αὐτὰ () τῷ () Σασαβασαρ ἄρχοντι () τοῦ () Ιουδα.
[9] Καὶ () οὗτος () ὁ () ἀριθμὸς () αὐτῶν· () ψυκτῆρες χρυσοῖ () τριάκοντα () καὶ () ψυκτῆρες ἀργυροῖ () χίλιοι, () παρηλλαγμένα ἐννέα () καὶ () εἴκοσι, ()
[10] κεφφουρη χρυσοῖ () τριάκοντα () καὶ () ἀργυροῖ () διακόσιοι () καὶ () σκεύη () ἕτερα () χίλια. ()
[11] Πάντα () τὰ () σκεύη () τῷ () χρυσῷ () καὶ () τῷ () ἀργύρῳ () πεντακισχίλια () καὶ () τετρακόσια, () τὰ () πάντα () ἀναβαίνοντα () μετὰ () Σασαβασαρ ἀπὸ () τῆς () ἀποικίας ἐκ () Βαβυλῶνος () εἰς () Ιερουσαλημ. ()

Ezra 1:1 This chapter was originally Ἔσδρας Β΄ 1.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.