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Ezra 4:22

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

KJV

Videte ne negligenter hoc impleatis, et paulatim crescat malum contra reges.

Vulgate

πεφυλαγμένοι ἦτε ἄνεσιν ποιῆσαι περὶ τούτου, μή ποτε πληθυνθῇ ἀφανισμὸς εἰς κακοποίησιν βασιλεῦσιν.

LXX

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

ASV

וּ/זְהִירִ֥ין הֱו֛וֹ שָׁל֖וּ לְ/מֶעְבַּ֣ד עַל דְּנָ֑ה לְ/מָה֙ יִשְׂגֵּ֣א חֲבָלָ֔/א לְ/הַנְזָקַ֖ת מַלְכִֽין

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
noun · 179×
דְנָה֙
dnh
pronoun · 57×
זְהִירִ֥ין
zhyryn
adjective · 1×
חֲבָ֖ל
chbl
noun · 3×
יִשְׂגֵּֽא
yshg'
verb · 2×
לֶהֱוֵ֨א
lhv'
verb · 71×
מָ֣ה
mh
pronoun · 11×
נָזִֽק
nzq
verb · 4×
עֲבַד֙
'bd
verb · 27×
עַל
'l
preposition · 111×
שָׁלוּ֙
shlv
noun · 4×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Dan 6:2 — And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.