Ezra 4:22
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?”
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“See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”
King James Version · Public Domain“And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 4:22 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 4:13Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.
- Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- Esther 7:3Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
- Daniel 6:3Soon, by his extraordinary spirit, Daniel distinguished himself among the administrators and satraps. So the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).