Ezra 4:23
Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
KJV
Itaque exemplum edicti Artaxerxis regis lectum est coram Reum Beelteem, et Samsai scriba, et consiliariis eorum : et abierunt festini in Jerusalem ad Judæos, et prohibuerunt eos in brachio et robore.
Vulgate
τότε ὁ φορολόγος τοῦ Ἀρσαρθὰ βασιλέως ἀνέγνω ἐνώπιον Ῥαοὺμ καὶ Σαμεσὰ γραμματέως συνδούλων αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν σπουδῇ εἰς Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν Ἰούδᾳ, καὶ κατήργησαν αὐτοὺς ἐν ἵπποις καὶ δυνάμει.
LXX
Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.
ASV
אֱדַ֗יִן מִן דִּ֞י פַּרְשֶׁ֤גֶן נִשְׁתְּוָנָ/א֙ דִּ֚י ארתחששתא אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֣שְׂתְּ מַלְכָּ֔/א קֱרִ֧י קֳדָם רְח֛וּם וְ/שִׁמְשַׁ֥י סָפְרָ֖/א וּ/כְנָוָתְ/ה֑וֹן אֲזַ֨לוּ בִ/בְהִיל֤וּ לִ/ירֽוּשְׁלֶם֙ עַל יְה֣וּדָיֵ֔/א וּ/בַטִּ֥לוּ הִמּ֖וֹ בְּ/אֶדְרָ֥ע וְ/חָֽיִל
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
- Hag 1:2 — Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built.