Ezra 4:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzra 4:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּאמֶר֩
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לָהֶ֨ם
זְרֻבָּבֶ֜ל
Zᵉrubbâbel
H2216
Zerubbabel
וְיֵשׁ֗וּעַ
Yêshûwaʻ
H3442
Jeshua
וּשְׁאָ֨ר
shᵉʼâr
H7605
remnant
רָאשֵׁ֤י
rôʼsh
H7218
head
הָֽאָבוֹת֙
ʼâb
H1
father
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
לֹֽא
lôʼ
H3808
not
לָ֣כֶם
וָלָ֔נוּ
לִבְנ֥וֹת
bânâh
H1129
to build
בַּ֖יִת
bayith
H1004
house
לֵאלֹהֵ֑ינוּ
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
כִּי֩
kîy
H3588
that
אֲנַ֨חְנוּ
ʼănachnûw
H587
we
יַ֜חַד
yachad
H3162
together
נִבְנֶ֗ה
bânâh
H1129
to build
לַֽיהוָה֙
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהֵ֣י
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
H3478
Israel
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
צִוָּ֔נוּ
tsâvâh
H6680
to command
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
כּ֥וֹרֶשׁ
Kôwresh
H3566
Cyrus
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
פָּרָֽס
Pâraç
H6539
Persia
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World English Bible Public Domain
But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' [houses] 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 Yahweh, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
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.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).