Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?
WEB
See that you do not neglect this matter. Why allow this threat to increase and the royal interests to suffer?
YLT
And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?'
DBT
and take heed that ye fail not to do this: why should harm grow to the damage of the kings?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzra — The return in two waves — Zerubbabel's altar and temple (538 BC) and Ezra's reforming arrival (458 BC). A book about rebuilding — the temple, the Torah-teaching community, and the covenant boundary.
- Author
- Ezra (traditional); the book uses first-person narrative in chs. 7–10
- Date
- Events 538–458 BC; compilation c. mid-5th century BC