Ezra 4:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,”

Ezra 4:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 4:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 4:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.”

Ezra 4:4 — World English Bible

Ezra 4:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, ”

Ezra 4:4 — American Standard Version

Ezra 4:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,”

Ezra 4:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 4:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building; ”

Ezra 4:4 — Darby Translation

Ezra 4:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Iudah, and troubled them in buylding,”

Ezra 4:4 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 4:4 in Context — Ezra 4

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,

5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

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What Does Ezra 4:4 Mean?

Ezra 4:4 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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