Ezra 4:4 - Bible Gateway

Ezra 4:4

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

Then [the Samaritans and others of] the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them [to deter them] from building,

AMPC

Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled and terrified them in building

BRG

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

CSB

Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.

CEB

The neighboring peoples discouraged the people of Judah, made them afraid to build,

CJB

Then the people of the land began discouraging the people of Y’hudah, in order to make them afraid to build.

CEV

Then the neighboring people began to do everything possible to frighten the Jews and to make them stop building.

DARBY

And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;

DRA

Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building.

ERV

So the enemies began to discourage them and tried to frighten them in order to stop them from building the Temple.

EASY

Then the people who lived near them tried to make Judah's people afraid. They tried to stop them building.

EHV

Then the people of the land kept discouraging the people of Judah and kept trying to make them too frightened to build.

ESV

Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build

ESVUK

Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build

EXB

Then the people around them tried to discourage the people of Judah by making them afraid to build.

GNV

Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.

Then the people of that region discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to continue building.

GNT

Then the people who had been living in the land tried to discourage and frighten the Jews and keep them from building.

HCSB

Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.

ICB

Then the people around them tried to discourage the people of Judah. They tried to make them afraid to build.

ISV

After this, the non-Israeli inhabitants of the land undermined the people of Judah, harassing them in their construction work

JUB

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled them in building

KJV

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

AKJV

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

LSB

So the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and dismayed them from building,

LEB

Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build

TLB

Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten them by sending agents to tell lies about them to King Cyrus. This went on during his entire reign and lasted until King Darius took the throne.

MSG

So these people started beating down the morale of the people of Judah, harassing them as they built. They even hired propagandists to sap their resolve. They kept this up for about fifteen years, throughout the lifetime of Cyrus king of Persia and on into the reign of Darius king of Persia.

MEV

Then the people of the land demoralized the people of Judah and terrified them while building,

NOG

Then the people of that region discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to continue building.

NABRE

Thereupon the local inhabitants discouraged the people of Judah and frightened them off from building.

NASB

Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,

NASB1995

Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,

NCB

As a result, the people who lived around them became determined to discourage the people of Judah and to make them fearful of continuing to build.

NCV

Then the people around them tried to discourage the people of Judah by making them afraid to build.

NET

Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.

NIRV

Then the nations around Judah tried to make its people lose hope. They wanted to make them afraid to go on building.

NIV

Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.

NIVUK

Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.

NKJV

Then the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,

NLV

Then the people of the land made the hearts of the people of Judah weak, and made them afraid to go on building.

NLT

Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work.

NRSVA