Ezra 4:15
That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.
KJV
ut recenseas in libris historiarum patrum tuorum, et invenies scriptum in commentariis : et scies quoniam urbs illa, urbs rebellis est, et nocens regibus et provinciis, et bella concitantur in ea ex diebus antiquis : quam ob rem et civitas ipsa destructa est.
Vulgate
ἵνα ἐπισκέψηται ἐν βιβλίῳ ὑπομνηματισμοῦ τῶν πατέρων σου, καὶ εὑρήσεις καὶ γνώσῃ ὅτι ἡ πόλις ἐκείνη πόλις ἀποστάτις, καὶ κακοποιοῦσα βασιλεῖς καὶ χώρας, καὶ φυγαδεῖα δούλων ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ἀπὸ ἡμερῶν αἰῶνος· διὰ ταῦτα ἡ πόλις αὕτη ἠρημώθη.
LXX
that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time; for which cause was this city laid waste.
ASV
דִּ֡י יְבַקַּר֩ בִּֽ/סְפַר דָּכְרָ֨נַיָּ֜/א דִּ֣י אֲבָהָתָ֗/ךְ וּ֠/תְהַשְׁכַּח בִּ/סְפַ֣ר דָּכְרָנַיָּ/א֮ וְ/תִנְדַּע֒ דִּי֩ קִרְיְתָ֨/א דָ֜ךְ קִרְיָ֣א מָֽרָדָ֗א וּֽ/מְהַנְזְקַ֤ת מַלְכִין֙ וּ/מְדִנָ֔ן וְ/אֶשְׁתַּדּוּר֙ עָבְדִ֣ין בְּ/גַוַּ֔/הּ מִן יוֹמָ֖ת עָלְמָ֑/א עַ֨ל דְּנָ֔ה קִרְיְתָ֥/א דָ֖ךְ הָֽחָרְבַֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:12 — Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
- Ezra 5:17 — Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king’s treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this h
- Ezra 6:1 — Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.
- Prov 25:2 — It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.