Ezra 4:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.”
Ezra 4:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 4:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 4:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“they came near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ households, and said to them, “Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have been sacrificing to him since the days of Esar Haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here.””
Ezra 4:2 — World English Bible
Ezra 4:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ houses, and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither. ”
Ezra 4:2 — American Standard Version
Ezra 4:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and they draw nigh unto Zerubbabel, and unto heads of the fathers, and say to them, `Let us build with you; for, like you, we seek to your God, and we are not sacrificing since the days of Esar-Haddon king of Asshur, who brought us up hither.'”
Ezra 4:2 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 4:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for we seek yourGod, as ye; and we have sacrificed to him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither. ”
Ezra 4:2 — Darby Translation
Ezra 4:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chiefe fathers, and sayd vnto them, We wil builde with you: for we seeke the Lord your God as ye do, and we haue sacrificed vnto him since the time of Esar Haddon king of Asshur, which brought vs vp hither.”
Ezra 4:2 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 4:2 in Context — Ezra 4
1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the Lord God of Israel;
2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar–haddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.
3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
What Does Ezra 4:2 Mean?
Ezra 4:2 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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