Now may it be known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be reduced.
Ezra 4:22 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Moreover, take care not to be slack in this matter; why should damage grow to the hurt of the king?” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be sure that you do this. Why should damage grow, to the hurt of the kings? American Standard Version (1901) And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? Common English Bible Be sure to carry out this order! Why should danger grow and threaten the king? Catholic Public Domain Version 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 See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings. |
Now may it be known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be reduced.
Therefore issue an order that these people be made to cease and that this city not be rebuilt, until I make a decree.
Then when the copy of King Artaxerxes’s letter was read before Rehum and the scribe Shimshai and their associates, they hurried to the Jews in Jerusalem and by force and power made them cease.
and over them three administrators, one of whom was Daniel; to these the satraps gave account, so that the king might suffer no loss.
Soon Daniel distinguished himself above the other administrators and satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king planned to appoint him over the whole kingdom.