Ezra 4:22 “See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to incr…”

Ezra 4:22

See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

World English Bible

Be careful that you not be slack doing so. Why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

American Standard Version

And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

Geneva Bible 1599

Take heede nowe that ye fayle not to doe this: why should domage grow to hurt the King?

Darby Translation

and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings?

Young's Literal Translation

And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?'

Bible in Basic English

Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.

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Cross references

“why should”

Ezra 4:13 Esther 3:8 Esther 3:9 Esther 7:3 Esther 7:4

Ezra 4:13 · BSB

Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

Esther 3:8 · BSB

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws…

Esther 3:9 · BSB

If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”

Esther 7:3 · BSB

Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

Esther 7:4 · BSB

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening t…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Now, therefore, issue an order for these men to stop, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

23When the text of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and forcibly stopped them.

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