Ezra 4:5 “They hired counselors against them to frustrate their plans throughout…”

Ezra 4:5

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they hired counsellers against them, to hinder their deuise, all the dayes of Cyrus King of Persia, euen vntill the reigne of Darius King of Persia.

Darby Translation

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.

Young's Literal Translation

and are hiring against them counsellors to make void their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even till the reign of Darius king of Persia.

Bible in Basic English

And they gave payment to men who made designs against them and kept them from effecting their purpose, all through the time of Cyrus, king of Persia, till Darius became king.

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Cross references

“hired”

Nahum 1:11 Acts 24:1–27 Psalm 2:1 Psalm 2:2

Nahum 1:11 · BSB

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

Acts 24:1–27 · BSB

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.

Psalm 2:1 · BSB

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

Psalm 2:2 · BSB

The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

“Darius”

Ezra 4:24 Ezra 5:5–17 Ezra 6:1–18

Ezra 4:24 · BSB

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.

Ezra 5:5–17 · BSB

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.

Ezra 6:1–18 · BSB

Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

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

In context

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

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

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