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Ezra 4:5

CyrusDariusPersia

3 But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”

4 Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.

They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.

6 At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, an accusation was lodged against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.

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BSB
They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout the reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
KJV
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.
WEB
They hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
ASV
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.
DARBY
and they 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.
BLB
and hired against them counselors to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, until the reign of Darius king of Persia.
ÅB
De leide noen folk til å gi råd som var til skade for dem, og fikk slik gjort deres forehavende til intet så lenge perserkongen Kyros levde, og siden helt til perserkongen Darius tiltrådte regjeringen.
OTB
og de leide rådgivere mot dem for å hindre deres planer alle dager mens Kyros, kongen av Persia, regjerte, helt til Dareios, kongen av Persia, kom til makten.
B1930
De leide nogen folk til å gi råd som var til skade for dem, og fikk således gjort deres forehavende til intet så lenge perserkongen Kyros levde, og siden helt til perserkongen Darius tiltrådte regjeringen.

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  • Nahum 1:11

    From you, O Nineveh, comes forth a plotter of evil against the LORD, a counselor of wickedness.

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  • Ezra 5:5–6:18

    But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

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  • Psalms 2:1–2

    Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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  • Acts 24:1–27

    Five days later the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, who presented to the governor their case against Paul.

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  • Ezra 4:24

    Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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