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Ezra 4:4
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KJ21
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
ASV
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
AMP
Then [the Samaritans and others of] the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them [to deter them] from building,
AMPC
Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled and terrified them in building
BRG
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
CSB
Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.
CSBA
Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.
CEB
The neighboring peoples discouraged the people of Judah, made them afraid to build,
CJB
Then the people of the land began discouraging the people of Y’hudah, in order to make them afraid to build.
CEV
Then the neighboring people began to do everything possible to frighten the Jews and to make them stop building.
DARBY
And the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building;
DRA
Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building.
ERV
So the enemies began to discourage them and tried to frighten them in order to stop them from building the Temple.
EASY
Then the people who lived near them tried to make Judah's people afraid. They tried to stop them building.
EHV
Then the people of the land kept discouraging the people of Judah and kept trying to make them too frightened to build.
ESV
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build
ESVUK
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build
EXB
Then the people around them tried to discourage the people of Judah by making them afraid to build.
GNV
Wherefore the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
GW
Then the people of that region discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to continue building.
GNT
Then the people who had been living in the land tried to discourage and frighten the Jews and keep them from building.
HCSB
Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.
ICB
Then the people around them tried to discourage the people of Judah. They tried to make them afraid to build.
ISV
After this, the non-Israeli inhabitants of the land undermined the people of Judah, harassing them in their construction work
JUB
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled them in building
KJV
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
AKJV
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
LSB
So the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and dismayed them from building,
LEB
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build
TLB
Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten them by sending agents to tell lies about them to King Cyrus. This went on during his entire reign and lasted until King Darius took the throne.
MSG
So these people started beating down the morale of the people of Judah, harassing them as they built. They even hired propagandists to sap their resolve. They kept this up for about fifteen years, throughout the lifetime of Cyrus king of Persia and on into the reign of Darius king of Persia.
MEV
Then the people of the land demoralized the people of Judah and terrified them while building,
NOG
Then the people of that region discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to continue building.
NABRE
Thereupon the local inhabitants discouraged the people of Judah and frightened them off from building.
NASB
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,
NASB1995
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,
NCB
As a result, the people who lived around them became determined to discourage the people of Judah and to make them fearful of continuing to build.
NCV
Then the people around them tried to discourage the people of Judah by making them afraid to build.
NET
Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building.
NIRV
Then the nations around Judah tried to make its people lose hope. They wanted to make them afraid to go on building.
NIV
Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.
NIVUK
Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.
NKJV
Then the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,
NLV
Then the people of the land made the hearts of the people of Judah weak, and made them afraid to go on building.
NLT
Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work.
NRSVA
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and made them afraid to build,
NRSVACE
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and made them afraid to build,
NRSVCE
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and made them afraid to build,
NRSVUE
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build,
OJB
Then the Am HaAretz weakened the hands of the Am Yehudah, and troubled them from building,
RGT
Therefore, the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
RSV
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and made them afraid to build,
RSVCE
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and made them afraid to build,
TLV
Then the people of the land began discouraging the people of Judah and making them afraid to build.
VOICE
To intimidate the returning Jews from building, the people of the land made the returning exiles afraid to build
WEB
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building.
WYC
And it was done, that the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building. (And then it was done, that the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Judah, and made them afraid to continue building.)
YLT
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,
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