Ezra 4:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ezra 4:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 4:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 4:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
Ezra 4:5 — World English Bible
Ezra 4:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Ezra 4:5 — American Standard Version
Ezra 4:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and are hiring against them counsellors to make void their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even till the reign of Darius king of Persia.”
Ezra 4:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 4:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and they 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. ”
Ezra 4:5 — Darby Translation
Ezra 4:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they hired counsellers against them, to hinder their deuise, all the dayes of Cyrus King of Persia, euen vntill the reigne of Darius King of Persia.”
Ezra 4:5 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 4:5 in Context — Ezra 4
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.
7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.
What Does Ezra 4:5 Mean?
Ezra 4:5 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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