Ezra 4:22
Ezra chapter 4 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
Context
v.21Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.
v.22This passage
v.23Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 3:8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
- Esther 7:3
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
- Ezra 4:13
Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will be hurtful unto the kings.