And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
Ezra 4:4 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, 更多版本Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, Common English Bible The neighboring peoples discouraged the people of Judah, made them afraid to build, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building. English Standard Version 2016 Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build |
And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.
And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.
and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?
For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.