Ezra 4:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ We make known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ We declare to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, it will mean that you will have no portion on this side of the [Euphrates] River.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ We certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the River.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ We tell the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls completed, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ We report to the king that if this city will have been built, and its walls repaired, you will have no possession across the river."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ We certify the king, that if this city be built, and the walls thereof repaired, thou shalt have no possession on this side of the river.

Ezra 4:16 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:3

David also struck down the king of Zobah, Hadadezer son of Rehob, as he went to restore his monument at the River Euphrates.

1 Kings 4:24

For he had dominion over all the region west of the Euphrates, and he had peace on all sides.

Ezra 4:15

so that a search may be made in the annals of your ancestors. You will discover in the annals that this is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it from long ago. On that account this city was laid waste.

Ezra 4:17

The king sent an answer: “To Rehum the royal deputy and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their associates who live in Samaria and in the rest of the province Beyond the River, greeting. And now

Ezra 4:20

Jerusalem has had mighty kings who ruled over the whole province Beyond the River, to whom tribute, custom, and toll were paid.