Verse 22

Ezra 4:22

Noah Webster Bible

22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Original Language Text

hebrew

וּ/זְהִירִ֥ין הֱו֛וֹ שָׁל֖וּ לְ/מֶעְבַּ֣ד עַל דְּנָ֑ה לְ/מָה֙ יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔/א לְ/הַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין

English Translation

And the careful ones were at peace, for what would bring harm to the kings?

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Chapter 4 Context

1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were buildin... Focus ↗

2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with y... Focus ↗

3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said to them, Ye hav... Focus ↗

4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building... Focus ↗

5 And hired counselors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia,... Focus ↗

6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote to him an accusation agains... Focus ↗

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions to... Focus ↗

8 Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king... Focus ↗

9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dian... Focus ↗

10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of... Focus ↗

11 This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him, even to Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the... Focus ↗

12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews who came from thee to us are come to Jerusalem, building the... Focus ↗

13 Be it known now to the king, that, if this city shall be built, and the walls set up again , then th... Focus ↗

14 Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's... Focus ↗

15 That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so wilt thou find in the book of... Focus ↗

16 We certify the king that, if this city shall be built again , and its walls set up, by this means th... Focus ↗

17 Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of... Focus ↗

18 The letter which ye sent to us hath been plainly read before me. Focus ↗

19 And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made ins... Focus ↗

20 There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all countries beyond the river... Focus ↗

21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another... Focus ↗

22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and the... Focus ↗

24 Then ceased the work of the house of God (Elohim) which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased until the seco... Focus ↗

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