Ezra 6:12
Konteks6:12 May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation 1 who reaches out 2 to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!”
Ezra 9:13
Konteks9:13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint 3 toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.
Ezra 10:3
Konteks10:3 Therefore let us enact 4 a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, 5 and that of those who respect 6 the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law.
[6:12] 2 tn Aram “who sends forth his hand.”
[9:13] 3 tn Heb “held back downwards from”; KJV “hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve” (NIV, NRSV, NLT all similar).
[10:3] 5 tn The MT vocalizes this word as a plural, which could be understood as a reference to God. But the context seems to suggest that a human lord is intended. The apparatus of BHS suggests repointing the word as a singular (“my lord”), but this is unnecessary. The plural (“my lords”) can be understood in an honorific sense even when a human being is in view. Most English versions regard this as a reference to Ezra, so the present translation supplies “your” before “counsel” to make this clear.