21Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.


In Context

18 The letter you sent us has been read and translated in my presence.

19 I issued an order and a search was made, and it was found that this city has a long history of revolt against kings and has been a place of rebellion and sedition.

20 Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans- Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.

21 Now issue an order to these men to stop work, so that this city will not be rebuilt until I so order.

22 Be careful not to neglect this matter. Why let this threat grow, to the detriment of the royal interests?

23 As soon as the copy of the letter of King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum and Shimshai the secretary and their associates, they went immediately to the Jews in Jerusalem and compelled them by force to stop.

Ezra 4:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:21Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until [another] commandment shall be given from me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:21Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders be given by me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:21Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21Now give order to make these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until the order shall be given from me;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:21Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a decree shall be made by me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:21'Now, make ye a decree to cause these men to cease, and this city is not builded, till by me a decree is made.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:21Give you now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.