Nehemiah 6:9 They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my h...

6:9 NIV

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New International Version - They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”
新标点和合本 - 他们都要使我们惧怕，意思说，他们的手必软弱，以致工作不能成就。　神啊，求你坚固我的手。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们全都要使我们惧怕，说：“他们的手必软弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。”现在，求你坚固我的手。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们全都要使我们惧怕，说：“他们的手必软弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。”现在，求你坚固我的手。
当代译本 - 因为他们想恐吓我们，以为我们会吓得手发软，无法完成工程。但上帝啊，求你使我的手有力量！
圣经新译本 - 其实他们众人是在恐吓我们，心里说：“他们的手必软弱，不能再作这工程，不会完工了！”现在，坚固我的手。
中文标准译本 - 其实他们都在恐吓我们，他们心想：“这些人的手必发软而停下这工程，以致不能成就。” 神哪，求你使我的手坚强！
现代标点和合本 - 他们都要使我们惧怕，意思说：“他们的手必软弱，以致工作不能成就。”神啊，求你坚固我的手！
和合本（拼音版） - 他们都要使我们惧怕，意思说，他们的手必软弱，以致工作不能成就。上帝啊，求你坚固我的手。
New International Reader's Version - All of them were trying to frighten us. They thought, “Their hands will get too weak to do the work. So it won’t be completed.” But I prayed to God. I said, “Make my hands stronger.”
English Standard Version - For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen my hands.
New Living Translation - They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.
The Message - They were trying to intimidate us into quitting. They thought, “They’ll give up; they’ll never finish it.” I prayed, “Give me strength.” * * *
Christian Standard Bible - For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, “They will drop their hands from the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
New American Standard Bible - For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, “ They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, God, strengthen my hands.
New King James Version - For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Amplified Bible - For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, [O God,] strengthen my hands.
American Standard Version - For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
King James Version - For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
New English Translation - All of them were wanting to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.” So now, strengthen my hands!
World English Bible - For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
新標點和合本 - 他們都要使我們懼怕，意思說，他們的手必軟弱，以致工作不能成就。神啊，求你堅固我的手。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們全都要使我們懼怕，說：「他們的手必軟弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。」現在，求你堅固我的手。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們全都要使我們懼怕，說：「他們的手必軟弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。」現在，求你堅固我的手。
當代譯本 - 因為他們想恐嚇我們，以為我們會嚇得手發軟，無法完成工程。但上帝啊，求你使我的手有力量！
聖經新譯本 - 其實他們眾人是在恐嚇我們，心裡說：“他們的手必軟弱，不能再作這工程，不會完工了！”現在，堅固我的手。
呂振中譯本 - 他們都要使我懼怕，意思是說：『他們的手會從這工作上發軟下來，以致工程作不了。』但現在呢、加強我的手吧。
中文標準譯本 - 其實他們都在恐嚇我們，他們心想：「這些人的手必發軟而停下這工程，以致不能成就。」神哪，求你使我的手堅強！
現代標點和合本 - 他們都要使我們懼怕，意思說：「他們的手必軟弱，以致工作不能成就。」神啊，求你堅固我的手！
文理和合譯本 - 蓋彼眾欲恐我、意謂我手必弱、以致工作不得成功、然我乃強厥手、○
文理委辦譯本 - 彼言此、欲以懼我、使我心危、工作廢弛、然我志益銳。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼眾皆欲使我懼、意謂、我必心灰、止息工作、致不得成、主歟、惟求鼓勵我、鼓勵我原文作堅我手 ○
Nueva Versión Internacional - En realidad, lo que pretendían era asustarnos. Pensaban desanimarnos, para que no termináramos la obra. «Y ahora, Señor, ¡fortalece mis manos!»
현대인의 성경 - 그들은 나를 위협하며 우리가 지쳐서 더 이상 공사를 진행하지 못할 것이라고 생각했으나 나는 “하나님이시여, 나를 강하게 하소서” 하고 기도하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки.
Восточный перевод - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tous ces gens, en effet, ne cherchaient qu’à nous faire peur ; ils espéraient que nous nous découragerions et que nous abandonnerions l’ouvrage ! Maintenant, ô Dieu, fortifie-moi pour ma tâche !
リビングバイブル - 君たちは私たちを脅迫して、ただ工事を中止させたいだけなのだ。」ああ、神様。どうか、私に力をお与えください。
Nova Versão Internacional - Estavam todos tentando intimidar-nos, pensando: “Eles serão enfraquecidos e não concluirão a obra”. Eu, porém, orei pedindo: Fortalece agora as minhas mãos!
Hoffnung für alle - Unsere Feinde wollten uns Angst einjagen, um die Fertigstellung der Mauer zu verhindern. Doch ich betete: »Herr, gib mir Mut und Kraft!«
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Psalm 68:35 - You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
Psalm 56:3 - When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Isaiah 35:3 - Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
Isaiah 35:4 - say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
Zechariah 10:12 - I will strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they will live securely,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 38:4 - Then the officials said to the king, “This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”
Nehemiah 4:10 - Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”
Nehemiah 4:11 - Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”
Nehemiah 4:12 - Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
Nehemiah 4:13 - Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.
Nehemiah 4:14 - After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
1 Samuel 30:6 - David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
Nehemiah 6:14 - Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets have been trying to intimidate me.
Hebrews 12:12 - Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
Isaiah 41:10 - So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
2 Chronicles 32:18 - Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city.
Psalm 71:1 - In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
2 Chronicles 15:7 - But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
Ephesians 3:16 - I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Ephesians 6:10 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Ezra 4:1 - When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,
Ezra 4:2 - they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
Ezra 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”
Ezra 4:4 - Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.
Ezra 4:5 - They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 4:6 - At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra 4:7 - And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language.
Ezra 4:8 - Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
Ezra 4:9 - Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates—the judges, officials and administrators over the people from Persia, Uruk and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
Ezra 4:10 - and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates.
Ezra 4:11 - (This is a copy of the letter they sent him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:
Ezra 4:12 - The king should know that the people who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.
Ezra 4:13 - Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.
Ezra 4:14 - Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king,
Ezra 4:15 - so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:16 - We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.
Ezra 4:17 - The king sent this reply: To Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the secretary and the rest of their associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates: Greetings.
Ezra 4:18 - The letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence.
Ezra 4:19 - I issued an order and a search was made, and it was found that this city has a long history of revolt against kings and has been a place of rebellion and sedition.
Ezra 4:20 - Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.
Ezra 4:21 - Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.
Ezra 4:22 - Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?
Ezra 4:23 - As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.
Ezra 4:24 - Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
2 Corinthians 12:9 - But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
1 Peter 5:10 - And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
Psalm 138:3 - When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.

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New International Version - They were all trying to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will get too weak for the work, and it will not be completed.” But I prayed, “Now strengthen my hands.”
新标点和合本 - 他们都要使我们惧怕，意思说，他们的手必软弱，以致工作不能成就。　神啊，求你坚固我的手。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 他们全都要使我们惧怕，说：“他们的手必软弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。”现在，求你坚固我的手。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 他们全都要使我们惧怕，说：“他们的手必软弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。”现在，求你坚固我的手。
当代译本 - 因为他们想恐吓我们，以为我们会吓得手发软，无法完成工程。但上帝啊，求你使我的手有力量！
圣经新译本 - 其实他们众人是在恐吓我们，心里说：“他们的手必软弱，不能再作这工程，不会完工了！”现在，坚固我的手。
中文标准译本 - 其实他们都在恐吓我们，他们心想：“这些人的手必发软而停下这工程，以致不能成就。” 神哪，求你使我的手坚强！
现代标点和合本 - 他们都要使我们惧怕，意思说：“他们的手必软弱，以致工作不能成就。”神啊，求你坚固我的手！
和合本（拼音版） - 他们都要使我们惧怕，意思说，他们的手必软弱，以致工作不能成就。上帝啊，求你坚固我的手。
New International Reader's Version - All of them were trying to frighten us. They thought, “Their hands will get too weak to do the work. So it won’t be completed.” But I prayed to God. I said, “Make my hands stronger.”
English Standard Version - For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “Their hands will drop from the work, and it will not be done.” But now, O God, strengthen my hands.
New Living Translation - They were just trying to intimidate us, imagining that they could discourage us and stop the work. So I continued the work with even greater determination.
The Message - They were trying to intimidate us into quitting. They thought, “They’ll give up; they’ll never finish it.” I prayed, “Give me strength.” * * *
Christian Standard Bible - For they were all trying to intimidate us, saying, “They will drop their hands from the work, and it will never be finished.” But now, my God, strengthen my hands.
New American Standard Bible - For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, “ They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, God, strengthen my hands.
New King James Version - For they all were trying to make us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened in the work, and it will not be done.” Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
Amplified Bible - For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, “They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done.” But now, [O God,] strengthen my hands.
American Standard Version - For they all would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, O God, strengthen thou my hands.
King James Version - For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands.
New English Translation - All of them were wanting to scare us, supposing, “Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won’t get done.” So now, strengthen my hands!
World English Bible - For they all would have made us afraid, saying, “Their hands will be weakened from the work, that it not be done.” But now, strengthen my hands.
新標點和合本 - 他們都要使我們懼怕，意思說，他們的手必軟弱，以致工作不能成就。神啊，求你堅固我的手。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 他們全都要使我們懼怕，說：「他們的手必軟弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。」現在，求你堅固我的手。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 他們全都要使我們懼怕，說：「他們的手必軟弱，不能工作，以致不能完工。」現在，求你堅固我的手。
當代譯本 - 因為他們想恐嚇我們，以為我們會嚇得手發軟，無法完成工程。但上帝啊，求你使我的手有力量！
聖經新譯本 - 其實他們眾人是在恐嚇我們，心裡說：“他們的手必軟弱，不能再作這工程，不會完工了！”現在，堅固我的手。
呂振中譯本 - 他們都要使我懼怕，意思是說：『他們的手會從這工作上發軟下來，以致工程作不了。』但現在呢、加強我的手吧。
中文標準譯本 - 其實他們都在恐嚇我們，他們心想：「這些人的手必發軟而停下這工程，以致不能成就。」神哪，求你使我的手堅強！
現代標點和合本 - 他們都要使我們懼怕，意思說：「他們的手必軟弱，以致工作不能成就。」神啊，求你堅固我的手！
文理和合譯本 - 蓋彼眾欲恐我、意謂我手必弱、以致工作不得成功、然我乃強厥手、○
文理委辦譯本 - 彼言此、欲以懼我、使我心危、工作廢弛、然我志益銳。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 彼眾皆欲使我懼、意謂、我必心灰、止息工作、致不得成、主歟、惟求鼓勵我、鼓勵我原文作堅我手 ○
Nueva Versión Internacional - En realidad, lo que pretendían era asustarnos. Pensaban desanimarnos, para que no termináramos la obra. «Y ahora, Señor, ¡fortalece mis manos!»
현대인의 성경 - 그들은 나를 위협하며 우리가 지쳐서 더 이상 공사를 진행하지 못할 것이라고 생각했으나 나는 “하나님이시여, 나를 강하게 하소서” 하고 기도하였다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки.
Восточный перевод - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Все они старались запугать нас, думая: «Их руки очень ослабнут, чтобы делать эту работу, и она не будет завершена». Но я молился: – Укрепи мои руки!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Tous ces gens, en effet, ne cherchaient qu’à nous faire peur ; ils espéraient que nous nous découragerions et que nous abandonnerions l’ouvrage ! Maintenant, ô Dieu, fortifie-moi pour ma tâche !
リビングバイブル - 君たちは私たちを脅迫して、ただ工事を中止させたいだけなのだ。」ああ、神様。どうか、私に力をお与えください。
Nova Versão Internacional - Estavam todos tentando intimidar-nos, pensando: “Eles serão enfraquecidos e não concluirão a obra”. Eu, porém, orei pedindo: Fortalece agora as minhas mãos!
Hoffnung für alle - Unsere Feinde wollten uns Angst einjagen, um die Fertigstellung der Mauer zu verhindern. Doch ich betete: »Herr, gib mir Mut und Kraft!«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Họ tưởng có thể dọa chúng tôi sợ để chúng tôi bỏ việc đang làm. Vậy xin Đức Chúa Trời làm cho con vững chí!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - พวกเขาพยายามข่มขวัญเราและคิดว่า “มือของพวกเขาจะได้อ่อนแรงเกินกว่าที่จะทำงาน งานจะได้ไม่สำเร็จ” แต่ข้าพเจ้าอธิษฐานว่า “บัดนี้ขอทรงประทานกำลังแก่มือของข้าพระองค์ด้วยเถิด”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ด้วยว่าพวกเขาทุกคนต้องการทำให้เราตกใจ และเขาคิดว่า “พวกเขาจะได้วางมือจากงาน และงานก็จะไม่สำเร็จ” แต่บัดนี้ โอ พระเจ้า ขอพระองค์เสริมกำลังแก่ข้าพเจ้าเถิด

Psalm 68:35 - You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
Psalm 56:3 - When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
Isaiah 35:3 - Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
Isaiah 35:4 - say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
Zechariah 10:12 - I will strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they will live securely,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 38:4 - Then the officials said to the king, “This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city, as well as all the people, by the things he is saying to them. This man is not seeking the good of these people but their ruin.”
Nehemiah 4:10 - Meanwhile, the people in Judah said, “The strength of the laborers is giving out, and there is so much rubble that we cannot rebuild the wall.”
Nehemiah 4:11 - Also our enemies said, “Before they know it or see us, we will be right there among them and will kill them and put an end to the work.”
Nehemiah 4:12 - Then the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
Nehemiah 4:13 - Therefore I stationed some of the people behind the lowest points of the wall at the exposed places, posting them by families, with their swords, spears and bows.
Nehemiah 4:14 - After I looked things over, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your families, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
1 Samuel 30:6 - David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
Nehemiah 6:14 - Remember Tobiah and Sanballat, my God, because of what they have done; remember also the prophet Noadiah and how she and the rest of the prophets have been trying to intimidate me.
Hebrews 12:12 - Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
Isaiah 41:10 - So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
2 Chronicles 32:18 - Then they called out in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to terrify them and make them afraid in order to capture the city.
Psalm 71:1 - In you, Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
2 Chronicles 15:7 - But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.”
Ephesians 3:16 - I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
Ephesians 6:10 - Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Philippians 4:13 - I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Ezra 4:1 - When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles were building a temple for the Lord, the God of Israel,
Ezra 4:2 - they came to Zerubbabel and to the heads of the families and said, “Let us help you build because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to him since the time of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
Ezra 4:3 - But Zerubbabel, Joshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel answered, “You have no part with us in building a temple to our God. We alone will build it for the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us.”
Ezra 4:4 - Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.
Ezra 4:5 - They bribed officials to work against them and frustrate their plans during the entire reign of Cyrus king of Persia and down to the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 4:6 - At the beginning of the reign of Xerxes, they lodged an accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Ezra 4:7 - And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic language.
Ezra 4:8 - Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
Ezra 4:9 - Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary, together with the rest of their associates—the judges, officials and administrators over the people from Persia, Uruk and Babylon, the Elamites of Susa,
Ezra 4:10 - and the other people whom the great and honorable Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the city of Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates.
Ezra 4:11 - (This is a copy of the letter they sent him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:
Ezra 4:12 - The king should know that the people who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem and are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city. They are restoring the walls and repairing the foundations.
Ezra 4:13 - Furthermore, the king should know that if this city is built and its walls are restored, no more taxes, tribute or duty will be paid, and eventually the royal revenues will suffer.
Ezra 4:14 - Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king,
Ezra 4:15 - so that a search may be made in the archives of your predecessors. In these records you will find that this city is a rebellious city, troublesome to kings and provinces, a place with a long history of sedition. That is why this city was destroyed.
Ezra 4:16 - We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.
Ezra 4:17 - The king sent this reply: To Rehum the commanding officer, Shimshai the secretary and the rest of their associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in Trans-Euphrates: Greetings.
Ezra 4:18 - The letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence.
Ezra 4:19 - I issued an order and a search was made, and it was found that this city has a long history of revolt against kings and has been a place of rebellion and sedition.
Ezra 4:20 - Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.
Ezra 4:21 - Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.
Ezra 4:22 - Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?
Ezra 4:23 - As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.
Ezra 4:24 - Thus the work on the house of God in Jerusalem came to a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
2 Corinthians 12:9 - But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
1 Peter 5:10 - And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
Psalm 138:3 - When I called, you answered me; you greatly emboldened me.