Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
New American Standard Bible
Then
King James Version
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Holman Bible
Then the people who were already in the land
International Standard Version
After this, the non-Israeli inhabitants of the land undermined the people of Judah, harassing them in their construction work
A Conservative Version
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Amplified
Then [the Samaritans and others of] the people of the land
Bible in Basic English
Then the people of the land made the hands of the people of Judah feeble, troubling them with fear in their building;
Darby Translation
And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;
Julia Smith Translation
And the people of the land will be slackening the hands of the people of Judah, and terrifying them in building,
King James 2000
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then the people of the land discouraged {the people of Judah} and made them afraid to build
Modern King James verseion
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then the folk of the land hindered the people of Judah, and made them afraid to build,
NET Bible
Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.
New Heart English Bible
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
The Emphasized Bible
Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah, - and troubling them in building;
Webster
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
World English Bible
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
Youngs Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, the people of the land are making the hands of the people of Judah feeble, and troubling them in building,
Themes
Hindrances » Opposers » Examples of
Joshua » Also called jeshua » Assists zerubbabel in restoring the temple
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Examples of
The Second Temple » The samaritans, &c » Weakened the hands of the jews in building
Topics
Interlinear
Raphah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezra 4:4
Prayers for Ezra 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Resistance To Rebuilding The House Of God
3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. 4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, 5 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.
Phrases
Cross References
Ezra 3:3
And they set the altar upon its base; for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries: and they offered burnt-offerings thereon unto Jehovah, even burnt-offerings morning and evening.
Nehemiah 4:7-8
But it came to pass that, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth;
Nehemiah 4:11
And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.
Nehemiah 6:9
For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God , strengthen thou my hands.
Isaiah 35:3-4
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.
Jeremiah 38:4
Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as 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.