Ezra 4:5
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.
KJV
Conduxerunt autem adversus eos consiliatores, ut destruerent consilium eorum omnibus diebus Cyri regis Persarum, et usque ad regnum Darii regis Persarum.
Vulgate
καὶ μισθούμενοι ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς βουλόμενοι διασκεδάσαι βουλὴν αὐτῶν, πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας Κύρου βασιλέως Περσῶν καὶ ἕως βασιλείας Δαρείου βασιλέως Περσῶν.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/סֹכְרִ֧ים עֲלֵי/הֶ֛ם יוֹעֲצִ֖ים לְ/הָפֵ֣ר עֲצָתָ֑/ם כָּל יְמֵ֗י כּ֚וֹרֶשׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֔ס וְ/עַד מַלְכ֖וּת דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ פָּרָֽס
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Acts 24:1 — And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
- Dan 10:1 — In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, an
- Dan 11:2 — And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up al
- Ezra 5:5 — But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
- Nah 1:11 — There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.
- Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?