Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin
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;
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,
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;
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
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezra 4:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Resistance To Rebuilding The House Of God
1 When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin
Cross References
Ezra 1:11
The gold and silver articles totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought all of them when the exiles went up from Babylon to Jerusalem.
1 Kings 5:4-5
The Lord my God has now given me rest all around; there is no enemy or crisis.
1 Chronicles 22:9-10
But a son will be born to you; he will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his surrounding enemies,
Ezra 4:7-10
During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia,
Ezra 6:16
Then the Israelites, including the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
Ezra 6:19-20
The exiles
Ezra 7:9
He began the journey from Babylon on the first day of the first month
Ezra 10:7
They circulated a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles should gather at Jerusalem.
Ezra 10:16
The exiles did what had been proposed. Ezra the priest selected men
Nehemiah 4:1-11
Daniel 5:13
Then Daniel was brought before the king. The king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the Judean exiles that my predecessor the king brought from Judah?
Daniel 9:25
From the issuing of the decree
to restore and rebuild Jerusalem
until Messiah
will be seven weeks and 62 weeks.
It will be rebuilt with a plaza and a moat,
but in difficult times.
1 Corinthians 16:9
because a wide door