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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezra 7:6

A ready scribe. — The “ready writer” of Psalms 45:1. Ezra was a priest, and this title is rightly placed before that of scribe in what follows; but here at the outset, when he first appears in history, the title is used which expressed his pre-eminent function, that of guarding and interpreting the law (Ezra 7:10).

All his request. — This anticipates the letter of Ezra 7:11; a series of supplementary notes intervenes.

According to the hand of the Lord his God upon him. — The full formula for that special providence over God’s servants which both Ezra and Nehemiah recognised.

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See also Ezra 7:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezra 7:6. _A READY SCRIBE_] סופר מחיר _sopher machir_ does not merely signify a _speedy writer_ or an _excellent penman_, but one who was eminently skilful in expounding the _law_. In this sens...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A READY SCRIBE - Or, “a ready writer” Psalms 45:1. The professional scribe was well known in Egypt from an early date (see Genesis 39:4 note); and under David and his successors “scribes” were attache...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE RETURN UNDER EZRA AND HIS REFORMATION CHAPTER 7 _ 1. The journey of Ezra to Jerusalem (Ezra 7:1)_ 2. The decree of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:11) 3. Ezra's thanksgiving (Ezra 7:27)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    PART II (Ezra 7-10). THE WORK OF EZRA. Ezra 7:1. Ezra's Genealogy; his Return to Palestine. Ezra 7:1. Now after these things: _i.e._ those recorded as having taken place in the sixth year of Darius ...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    READY. skilful. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Arrival at Jerusalem 6. _went up from Babylon_ i.e. to Jerusalem, cf. Ezra 1:11; Ezra 2:1. It will be observed that this description of Ezra is given in the 3rd person. At Ezra 7:27 there is a change...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 6. _A READY SCRIBE_— The LXX, the Vulgate, and our translation, render the original words _a ready scribe;_ as if to have a quick hand at writing out the law were any great perfection, or that...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT AND VERSE-BY-VERSE COMMENT III. Ezra Becomes Involved In The Restoration of Israel (Ezra 7:1 to Ezra 10:44) A. Ezra leads a second band of returnees back to Israel, and gives God thanks. 1. Who...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THIS EZRA WENT UP FROM BABYLON; AND HE WAS A READY SCRIBE IN THE LAW OF MOSES, WHICH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL HAD GIVEN: AND THE KING GRANTED HIM ALL HIS REQUEST, ACCORDING TO THE HAND OF THE LORD HIS...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THIS EZRA] Ezra, as his history shows, was a devout and zealous ecclesiastic, of passionate temperament, strong religious faith, and rigid principles, who, though he met with temporary failure, in the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE JOURNEY OF EZRA TO JERUSALEM 1. Now after.. Artaxerxes] The interval of time here implied amounted to more than fifty years, from the sixth year of Darius (516 b.c.) to the seventh year of Artaxer...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE *JEWS RETURN TO JERUSALEM EZRA _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 7 In the first 6 Chapter s of the Book of Ezra, we read about the people who returned from *exile. We read how they built the *temple of...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    ה֤וּא עֶזְרָא֙ עָלָ֣ה מִ בָּבֶ֔ל וְ הֽוּא

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    EZRA'S EXPEDITION Ezra 7:1 LIKE the earlier pilgrimage of Zerubbabel and his companions, Ezra's great expedition was carried out under a commission from the Persian monarch of his day. The chronicler...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    EZRA THE SCRIBE Ezra 7:1 ALTHOUGH the seventh chapter of Ezra begins with no other indication of time than the vague phrase "Now after these things," nearly sixty years had elapsed between the events...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A MISSIONARY JOURNEY Ezra 7:1 An interval of sixty years intervened between the events of Ezra 6:1 and Ezra 7:1, and in that time the history recorded in the book of Esther took place. This chapter i...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here begins the second section of the Book, that which gathers around the doings of Ezra. Between the close of the last chapter and the commencement of this sixty years had passed away. To a very grea...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he [was] a ready (c) scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Went up, a second time, 2 Esdras xii. 1. (Worthington) --- Ready. Hebrew mahir, "diligent," &c. (Haydock) --- Scribe, not so much noted for his skill in writing fast, or drawing up deeds, as for his k...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We ought to pause over this account, short as it is, of Ezra's character. A scribe was one conversant with the Scriptures; and as Ezra was a ready scribe, and had dedicated himself particularly to thi...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _A ‘WELL-INSTRUCTED SCRIBE’_ ‘Ezra … a ready scribe.’ Ezra 7:6 Here begins the second section of the book, that which gathers around the doings of Ezra. I. BETWEEN THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTH CHAPTER A...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7 AND 8. Alas! this was not the end of the history. God, in His goodness, must still watch over the unfaithfulness and the failures of His people, even when t...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THIS EZRA WENT UP FROM BABYLON,.... A second time; for that he went up with Zerubbabel is clear from Ne 12:1, and is plainly intimated, Ezra 5:4, AND HE WAS A READY SCRIBE IN THE LAW OF MOSES, WHICH...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he [was] a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _This Ezra went up from Babylon_ With the king's consent and commission. _And he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses_ He is called a _scribe_, as Buxtorf observes in his Tiberias, not from writing...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Ezra goeth vp to Ierusalem. 11 The gracious commission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra blesseth God for his fauour. [THE KINGS LETTER.] 1 NOW after these things, in the reigne of Artaxerxes king...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    this Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the Law of Moses, a learned rabbi, or doctor, in the Mosaic Law and its interpretation, WHICH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL HAD GIVEN. AND THE KIN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE JOURNEY OF EZRA AND HIS COMPANY...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    EZRA'S RETURN TO JERUSALEM (vv. 1-10) These first ten verses form a brief introduction as to who Ezra was and the fact of his coming to Jerusalem. Details are given after this, verses 11 to 26 quoti...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-10 Ezra went from Babylon to Jerusalem, for the good of his country. The king was kind to him; he granted all his requests, whatever Ezra desired to enable him to serve his country. When he went, ma...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    EZRA WENT UP FROM BABYLON, with the king's consent and commission. A READY SCRIBE, i.e. a learned and expert doctor; for in that sense the word _scribe_ is oft used, as Jeremiah 8:8 Matthew 7:29 Matth...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezra 7:6 Ezra H5830 up H5927 (H8804) Babylon H894 skilled H4106 scribe H5608 (H8802) Law H8451 Moses...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    EZRA COMES TO JERUSALEM (EZRA 7:1). Almost sixty years after the completion of the Temple, Ezra arrived in Jerusalem as an Expert in the Law of Moses, eager to teach it to the worshippers of YHWH, and...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ALMOST SIXTY YEARS AFTER THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE EZRA, AN EXPERT IN THE LAW, COMES TO JERUSALEM BRINGING WITH HIM A GROUP OF FELLOW-JEWS AND MUCH TREASURE FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD, BEING AUTHORISED BY...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Ezra's expedition to Jerusalem and his thanksgiving. CHARACTERS: God, Ezra, Artaxerxes. CONCLUSION: God is able to do for us exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think. When mag...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezra 7:1. _Ezra the son,_ or grandson of _Seraiah._ His genealogy was of the highpriests' line in several ages; and the dignity of his birth might be one cause of his being so much noticed while in Ba...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Ezra the son of Seraiah._ EZRA THE DISTINGUISHED Consider Ezra, as-- I. A man of distinguished ancestry. II. A man of distinguished attainments. III. A man in the enjoyment of distinguished favo...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:1 Ezra the Priest Comes to Jerusalem to Establish the Law of Moses. The text now skips ahead 57 years (see note on 7:1–7). Ezra the scribe is charged by King Artaxerxes to establis...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZRA—NOTE ON EZRA 7:6 Ezra is A SCRIBE SKILLED IN THE LAW OF MOSES. The people badly need instruction in the law. Ezra has apparently asked the king for permission and resources to go TO JERUSALEM (v....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.] We now enter upon the second and concluding part of this book, which treats of the return of certain Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem under Ezra, and the reformation whi...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. SECOND RETURN OF THE ISRAELITES FROM CAPTIVITY UNDER EZRA. 1. DECREE OF ARTAXERXES, AND RETURN UNDER EZRA, WITH THE...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes (Ezra 7:1) Who is Longimanus of the secular history. Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 15:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 1 Thessalonians 4:2;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Went — With the king's consent and commission. Scribe — A learned and expert doctor. The Jews say, he collected and collated all the copies of the law, and published an accurate edition of it, with al...

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