2 Chronicles 36:23
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Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
In other translations
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’”
Hebrew words
כֹּה־koh-thusH3541אָמַר'amarhe saysH559כּוֹרֶשׁ׀koreshCyrusH3566מֶלֶךְmelekh[the] king ofH4428פָּרַסparasPersiaH6539כָּל־kol-allH3605מַמְלְכוֹתmamlekhot[the] kingdoms ofH4467הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe earthH776נָתַןnatanhe has givenH5414לִיlito meיְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֵי'elohei[the] God ofH430הַשָּׁמַיִםhashamayimthe heavensH8064וְהוּא־vehu'-and heH1931פָקַדfakadhe has appointedH6485עָלַי'alai<on> meH5921לִבְנוֹת־livnot-to buildH1129לוֹlofor himבַיִתvayita houseH1004בִּירוּשָׁלִַםbirushalimin JerusalemH3389אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834בִּיהוּדָהbihudah[is] in JudahH3063מִי־mi-who?H4310בָכֶםvakhem[is] among youמִכָּל־mikolfrom allH3605עַמּוֹamopeople hisH5971יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהָיו'elohavGod hisH430עִמּוֹimo[be] with himH5973וְיָעַל׃veya'aland let him go upH5927
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