22 See that you not neglect this matter. Otherwise, the damage will increase and the royal interests[a] will suffer.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:22 Lit the kings

22 Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?(A)

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For my people and I have been sold out(A) to destruction, death, and extermination.(B) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves,(C) I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”

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For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer