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Ezra 4:4

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Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

Then the people {H5971} of the land {H776} weakened {H7503} the hands {H3027} of the people {H5971} of Judah {H3063}, and troubled {H926}{H1089} them in building {H1129},

Then the people of the land began discouraging the people of Y'hudah, in order to make them afraid to build.

Then the people of the land set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to build.

Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

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Cross-References

  • Ezra 3:3 (6 votes)

    And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear [was] upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, [even] burnt offerings morning and evening.

  • Nehemiah 6:9 (5 votes)

    For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, [O God], strengthen my hands.

  • Jeremiah 38:4 (5 votes)

    Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

  • Nehemiah 4:11 (4 votes)

    And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

  • Isaiah 35:3 (4 votes)

    Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

  • Isaiah 35:4 (4 votes)

    Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [even] God [with] a recompence; he will come and save you.

  • Nehemiah 4:7 (3 votes)

    ¶ But it came to pass, [that] when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, [and] that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,