Verse 5
Ezra 4:5
Darby Translation
5
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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/סֹכְרִ֧ים עֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם יוֹעֲצִ֖ים לְ/הָפֵ֣ר עֲצָתָ֑/ם כָּל יְמֵ֗י כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס וְ/עַד מַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ פָּרָֽס
English Translation
And they were hiring advisers against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia and until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
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Chapter 4 Context
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and they came to Zerubbabel and to the chief fathers, and said to them, We would build with you; for...
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Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king...
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Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions, the Dinaites, and t...
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and the rest of the peoples whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over and settled in the cities...
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This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him: To Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men o...
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Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from thee unto us have come to Jerusalem; they are...
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Be it known therefore unto the king, that, if this city be built and the walls be completed, they wi...
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Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, there...
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that search may be made in the book of the annals of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of...
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We inform the king that if this city be built and its walls be completed, by this means thou shalt h...
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The king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their comp...
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The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.
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And there have been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all beyond the river; and tribu...
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Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be...
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and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings?
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Then ceased the work of the house of God (Elohim) which is at Jerusalem; and it ceased until the sec...
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