Verse List for EZRA 4:3

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OET (OET-RV) But Zerubavel, and Yeshua, and the rest of the Israelis clan leaders said to them, “It’s not for you and for us to build a house for our god, but we ourselves together will build for Yisrael’s god Yahweh, just as the Persian King Koresh (Cyrus) has commanded us.”

OET-LV And_he/it _said to/for_them Zərubāⱱel and_Yēshūˊa/(Jeshua) and_the _rest _of the _heads _of the _fathers of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) not to/for_you(pl) and_for_us to_build a _house for_god _of_our if/because we together we _will _build_it to/for_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) just_as he_commanded _us the_king Kōresh/(Cyrus/Kōresh/(Coresh/Cyrus)) the _king _of Pāraş.

ULT But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel said to them, “It is not for you and for us to build a house for our God, but we ourselves together will build for Yahweh, the God of Israel, just as the king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”

UST But Zerubbabel, Joshua, and the other Jewish clan leaders replied, “We will not allow you to help us build a temple for our God. No, we alone will build it for Yahweh, the God whom Israel worships, because that is what King Cyrus of Persia told us to do.”

BSB & MSB But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”

OEB No OEB EZRA book available

WEBBE But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”

WMBB But Zerubbabel, Yeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ households of Israel said to them, “You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”

NET But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, “You have no right to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.”

LSV And Zerubbabel says to them, also Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel, “Not for you, and for us, to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together build to YHWH God of Israel, as King Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.”

FBV But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the family leaders of Israel replied, “You can't share with us in building a Temple for our God. Only we can build it for the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what Cyrus the king of Persia has ordered us to do.”

T4T But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other Israeli leaders replied, “We will not allow you to help us build a temple for our(exc) God. We will build it ◄ourselves/without your help► for Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship, like Cyrus, the King of Persia, told us to do.”

LEB But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the _⌊families_⌋[fn] of Israel said to them, “It is not for you but for us to build a house for our God. For we ourselves alone will build it for Yahweh the God of Israel, just as Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.”

BBE But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of families in Israel said to them, You have no part with us in the building of a house for our God; we ourselves will do the work together for the Lord, the God of Israel, as Cyrus, king of Persia, has given us orders.

Moff But Zerubbabel and Joshua and the rest of the chiefs of the clans of Israel told them, “You have nothing to do with our building a house for our God; we will build it ourselves for the Eternal the God of Israel, as king Cyrus of Persia has ordered us.”

JPS But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them: 'Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.'

ASV But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us in building a house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto Jehovah, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

DRA But Zorobabel, and Josue, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel said to them: You have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God, but we ourselves alone will build to the Lord our God, as Cyrus king of the Persians hath commanded us.

YLT And Zerubbabel saith to them, also Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers of Israel, 'Not for you, and for us, to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together do build to Jehovah God of Israel, as the king Cyrus, king of Persia, commanded us.'

Drby But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our [fn]God, but we alone will build to Jehovah the [fn]God of Israel, as king Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us.

RV But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
(But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers’ houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye/You_all have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath/has commanded us.)

SLT And to them Zerubbabel will say, and Joshua, and the rest of the heads of the fathers to Israel, Not to you and to us to build a house to our God; for we together will build to Jehovah God of Israel, as the king Cyrus king of Persia commanded us.

Wbstr But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said to them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build a house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

KJB-1769 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
(But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye/You_all have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath/has commanded us.)

KJB-1611 But Zerubbabel and Ieshua, and the rest of the chiefe of the fathers of Israel, said vnto them, You haue nothing to doe with vs, to build an house vnto our God, but we our selues together will build vnto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the King of Persia hath commanded vs.
(But Zerubbabel and Yeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, You have nothing to do with us, to build an house unto our God, but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the King of Persia hath/has commanded us.)

Bshps And Zorobabel, and Iesua, and the other auncient fathers of Israel, sayde vnto them: It can not be, that you and we together shoulde builde the house vnto our God: for we our selues wyll builde alone vnto the Lorde our God of Israel, as Cyrus the king of Persia hath commaunded vs.
(And Zorobabel, and Yesus/Yeshua, and the other ancient fathers of Israel, said unto them: It cannot be, that you and we together should build the house unto our God: for we ourselves will build alone unto the Lord our God of Israel, as Cyrus the king of Persia hath/has commanded us.)

Gnva Then Zerubbabel, and Ieshua, and the rest of the chiefe fathers of Israel, sayde vnto them, It is not for you, but for vs to buyld the house vnto our God: for we our selues together wil buylde it vnto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded vs.
(Then Zerubbabel, and Yeshua, and the rest of the chief fathers of Israel, said unto them, It is not for you, but for us to build the house unto our God: for we ourselves together will build it unto the Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath/has commanded us.)

Cvdl But Zorobabel and Iesua and the other awnciet fathers of Israel, answered them: It is not mete for vs and you to buylde the house of oure God, but we wyl buylde alone vnto the LORDE God of Israel, as Cyrus the kynge of Persia hath commaunded vs.
(But Zorobabel and Yesus/Yeshua and the other awnciet fathers of Israel, answered them: It is not meet for us and you to build the house of our God, but we will build alone unto the LORD God of Israel, as Cyrus the king of Persia hath/has commanded us.)

Wycl And Zorobabel, and Josue, and the othere princes of the fadris of Israel, seiden to hem, It is not to vs and to you, that we bilde an hows to oure God; but we vs silf aloone schulen bilde to `oure Lord God, as Cirus, the kyng of Persis, comaundide to vs.
(And Zorobabel, and Yosue, and the other princes of the fathers of Israel, said to them, It is not to us and to you, that we build an house to our God; but we us self alone should build to our Lord God, as Cirus, the king of Persis, commanded to us.)

Luth Aber Serubabel und Jesua und die andern obersten Väter unter Israel antworteten ihnen: Es ziemet sich nicht uns und euch, das Haus unsers Gottes zu bauen, sondern wir wollen allein bauen dem HErr’s, dem GOtt Israels, wie uns Kores, der König in Persien, geboten hat.
(But Serubabel and Yesua and the change top fathers under Israel replied to_them: It befits itself/yourself/themselves not us/to_us/ourselves and you, the house ours God’s to/for build, rather we/us want alone/only build to_him LORD’s, to_him God Israel’s, as/like us/to_us/ourselves Kores, the/of_the king in Persien, offered has.)

ClVg Et dixit eis Zorobabel, et Josue, et reliqui principes patrum Israël: Non est vobis et nobis ut ædificemus domum Deo nostro, sed nos ipsi soli ædificabimus Domino Deo nostro, sicut præcepit nobis Cyrus rex Persarum.[fn]
(And he/she_said to_them Zorobabel, and Yosue, and I_left leaders of_the_fathers Israel: Not/No it_is to_you(pl) and us as buildingus house/home to_God our, but us themselves alone we_will_build Master to_God our, like ordered us Cyrus king Persarum.)

UHB וַ⁠יֹּאמֶר֩ לָ⁠הֶ֨ם זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל וְ⁠יֵשׁ֗וּעַ וּ⁠שְׁאָ֨ר רָאשֵׁ֤י הָֽ⁠אָבוֹת֙ לְ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹֽא־לָ֣⁠כֶם וָ⁠לָ֔⁠נוּ לִ⁠בְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לֵ⁠אלֹהֵ֑י⁠נוּ כִּי֩ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ יַ֜חַד נִבְנֶ֗ה לַֽ⁠יהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֔⁠נוּ הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־פָּרָֽס׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ζοροβάβελ καὶ Ἰησοῦς καὶ οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν πατριῶν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, οὐχ ἡμῖν καὶ ὑμῖν τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι οἶκον τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἐπὶ τοαυτὸ οἰκοδομήσομεν τῷ Κυρίω Θεῷ ἡμῶν, ὡς ἐνετείλατο ἡμῖν Κύρος ὁ βασιλεὺς Περσῶν.

BrTr Then Zorobabel, and Jesus and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, It is not for us and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us.