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

⁴ Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled and terrified them in building

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

Common English Bible

⁴ The neighboring peoples discouraged the people of Judah, made them afraid to build,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building.

Ezra 4:4 Cross References

Ezra 3:3

They set up the altar on its foundation because they were in dread of the people of the lands, and they offered burnt offerings upon it to the Lord, morning and evening.

Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to be put to death because he is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city and all the people by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”

Nehemiah 6:9

for they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.

Nehemiah 4:11

And our enemies said, “They will not know or see anything before we come upon them and kill them and stop the work.”

2 Samuel 4:1

When Saul’s son Ishbaal heard that Abner had died at Hebron, his courage failed, and all Israel was dismayed.

Ezra 4:5

and they bribed officials to frustrate their plan throughout the reign of King Cyrus of Persia and until the reign of King Darius of Persia.

Nehemiah 4:2

He said in the presence of his associates and of the army of Samaria, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it by themselves? Will they offer sacrifice? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish—burned ones at that?”

Daniel 10:13

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me twenty-one days. So Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, and I left him there with the prince of the kingdom of Persia

Daniel 10:20

Then he said, “Do you know why I have come to you? Now I must return to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I am through with him, the prince of Greece will come.