Ezra 4:3-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other leaders of Israel’s families answered them, “You may have no part with us in building a house for our God,(A) since we alone must build it for Yahweh, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us.”(B) 4 Then the people who were already in the land[a] discouraged[b] the people of Judah and made them afraid(C) to build.
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Ezra 4:3-4
New International Version
3 But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”(A)
4 Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.[a](B)
Footnotes
- Ezra 4:4 Or and troubled them as they built
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