Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel;
New American Standard Bible
Now when
King James Version
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
Holman Bible
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin
International Standard Version
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the descendants of the Babylonian captivity had built their Temple to the LORD, the God of Israel,
A Conservative Version
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the sons of the captivity were building a temple to LORD, the God of Israel,
American Standard Version
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple unto Jehovah, the God of Israel;
Amplified
Now when [the Samaritans] the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles from the captivity were building a temple to the Lord God of Israel,
Darby Translation
And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to Jehovah the God of Israel;
Julia Smith Translation
And the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin will hear that the sons of the captivity were building the temple to Jehovah God of Israel;
King James 2000
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity built the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;
Lexham Expanded Bible
Now the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the {returned exiles} [were] building a temple for Yahweh the God of Israel.
Modern King James verseion
And when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the sons of the captivity built the temple to Jehovah, the God of Israel,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel,
NET Bible
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel,
New Heart English Bible
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to the LORD, the God of Israel;
The Emphasized Bible
Now, when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard - that, the Sons of the Exile, were building the temple, unto Yahweh, God of Israel,
Webster
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building the temple to the LORD God of Israel;
World English Bible
Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity were building a temple to Yahweh, the God of Israel;
Youngs Literal Translation
And adversaries of Judah and Benjamin hear that the sons of the captivity are building a temple to Jehovah, God of Israel,
Themes
Jeshua » Also called joshua » Contends with those who sought to defeat the rebuilding of the temple
Joshua » Also called jeshua » Assists zerubbabel in restoring the temple
The Second Temple » The samaritans, &c » Proposed to assist in building
Interlinear
Tsar
Shama`
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezra 4:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Resistance To Rebuilding The House Of God
1 Now news came to the haters of Judah and Benjamin that the people who had come back were building a Temple to the Lord, the God of Israel; 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of families, and said to them, Let us take part in the building with you; for we are servants of your God, even as you are; and we have been making offerings to him from the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who put us here.
Cross References
Ezra 1:11
There were five thousand, four hundred gold and silver vessels. All these were taken back by Sheshbazzar, when those who had been taken prisoner went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
1 Kings 5:4-5
But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side; no one is making trouble, and no evil is taking place.
1 Chronicles 22:9-10
But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;
Ezra 4:7-10
And in the time of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his friends, sent a letter to Artaxerxes, king of Persia, writing it in the Aramaean writing and language.
Ezra 6:16
And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of those who had come back, kept the feast of the opening of this house of God with joy.
Ezra 6:19-20
And the children of Israel who had come back kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Ezra 7:9
For, starting his journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month, he came to Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, by the good help of his God.
Ezra 10:7
And they made a public statement through all Judah and Jerusalem, to all those who had come back, that they were to come together to Jerusalem;
Ezra 10:16
So those who had come back did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of families, by their fathers' families, all of them by their names, were marked out; and on the first day of the tenth month they took their places to go into the question with care.
Nehemiah 4:1-11
Now, Sanballat, hearing that we were building the wall, was very angry, and in his wrath made sport of the Jews.
Daniel 5:13
Then they took Daniel in before the king; the king made answer and said to Daniel, So you are that Daniel, of the prisoners of Judah, whom my father took out of Judah.
Daniel 9:25
Have then the certain knowledge that from the going out of the word for the building again of Jerusalem till the coming of a prince, on whom the holy oil has been put, will be seven weeks: in sixty-two weeks its building will be complete, with square and earthwork.
1 Corinthians 16:9
For a great and important door there is open to me, and there are a number of people against me.