Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then the people who had been living in the land tried to discourage and frighten the Jews and keep them from building. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building. weakened Ezra 3:3 And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear, and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening. Nehemiah 6:9 For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more: Isaiah 35:3,4 Strengthen ye the feeble hands, and confirm the weak knees. . . . Jeremiah 38:4 And the princes said to the king. We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil. troubled Nehemiah 4:7,8,11 And it came to pass, when Sanaballat, and Tobias, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Azotians heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and the breaches began to be closed, that they were exceedingly angry. . . . Context Adversaries Hinder the Work…3But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we ourselves alone will build to the Lord our God, as Cyrus king of the Persians hath commanded us. 4Then the people of the land hindered the hands of the people of Juda, and troubled them in building.5And they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their design all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of the Persians.… Cross References 2 Samuel 4:1 And Isboseth the son of Saul heard that Abner was slain in Hebron: and his hands were weakened, and all Israel was troubled. Ezra 3:3 And they set the altar of God upon its bases, while the people of the lands round about put them in fear, and they offered upon it a holocaust to the Lord morning and evening. Ezra 4:5 And they hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their design all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of the Persians. Jump to Previous Afraid Build Building Discourage Discouraged Fear Feeble Frightened Hands Judah Making Peoples Troubled Troubling WeakenedJump to Next Afraid Build Building Discourage Discouraged Fear Feeble Frightened Hands Judah Making Peoples Troubled Troubling WeakenedLinks Ezra 4:4 NIVEzra 4:4 NLT Ezra 4:4 ESV Ezra 4:4 NASB Ezra 4:4 Bible Apps Ezra 4:4 Biblia Paralela Ezra 4:4 Chinese Bible Ezra 4:4 French Bible Ezra 4:4 German Bible Alphabetical: afraid and around building discourage discouraged frightened from go Judah land make of on out people peoples set the them Then to OT History: Ezra 4:4 Then the people of the land weakened (Ezr. Ez) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |