Ezra 4:22

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ezra 4:22

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

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ASV

American Standard Version

And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ezra 4

²⁰ And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.

²¹ Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

²² See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?

²³ When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.

²⁴ Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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