Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.[a](A)

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  1. Ezra 4:4 Or and troubled them as they built

Then (A)the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,

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

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Because of this, all hands will go limp,(A)
    every heart will melt with fear.(B)

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Therefore all hands will be limp,
Every man’s heart will melt,

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Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt:

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When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

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When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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