Ezra 4:22 - The Scriptures 2009

²² And beware of negligence to do this. Why should damage increase to the hurt of the sovereigns?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²² Be sure that you do this. Why should damage grow, to the hurt of the kings?

American Standard Version (1901)

²² And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Common English Bible

²² Be sure to carry out this order! Why should danger grow and threaten the king?

Catholic Public Domain Version

²² See to it that you are not negligent in fulfilling this, otherwise, little by little, the evil may increase against the kings."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²² See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings.

Ezra 4:22 Cross References

Ezra 4:13

Now let it now be known to the sovereign that, if this city is built and the walls completed, they are not going to pay tax, excise, or toll, and cause the revenue of the sovereign to suffer loss.

Ezra 4:21

Now, make a decree to make these men cease, and that this city be not built until the command is given by me.

Ezra 4:23

Now when the copy of the letter of Sovereign Artaḥshashta was read before Reḥum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in a hurry to Yerushalayim against the Yehuḏim, and made them cease by might and power.

Daniel 6:2

and over them three governors, of whom Dani’ĕl was one, so that these viceroys should give account to them, and the sovereign suffer no loss.

Daniel 6:3

Then this Dani’ĕl distinguished himself above the governors and viceroys, because an excellent spirit was in him. And the sovereign planned to appoint him over all the reign.