Ezra 4:21
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Give you now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Give you now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Make 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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.
Webster's Revision
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me.
World English Bible
Make a decree now to cause these men to cease, and that this city not be built, until a decree shall be made by me.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Make 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.
Clarke's Ezra 4:21 Bible Commentary
Until another commandment shall be given from me - The rebuilding was only provisionally suspended. The decree was, Let it cease for the present; nor let it proceed at any time without an order express from me.
