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Ezra 4:5

CyrusDariusPersia

3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD 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,

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.

6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

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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

    There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

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  • Ezra 5:5–6:18

    But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.

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  • Psalms 2:1–2

    Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

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  • Acts 24:1–27

    And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.

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  • Ezra 4:24

    Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

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