• Ezra 4:2
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 2 they immediately approached Ze·rubʹba·bel and the heads of the paternal houses and said to them: “Let us build along with you; for like you, we worship* your God+ and we have been sacrificing to him since the days of King Eʹsar-hadʹdon+ of As·syrʹi·a, who brought us here.”+

  • Ezra 4:2
    The Bible in Living English

    • 2* and they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of families and said to them “We will build with you, because we invoke your God the same as you do, and we have been sacrificing to him since the days of King Esarhaddon of Assyria who brought us up here.”

  • Ezra 4:2
    American Standard Version

    • 2 then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers’ houses, and said unto them, Let us build with you; for we seek your God, as ye do; and we sacrifice unto him since the days of Esar-haddon king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

  • Ezra 4:2
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 2 then drew they near unto Zerubbabel and unto the ancestral chiefs, and said unto them, Let us build with you, for like you we seek your God, and unto him have we been sacrificing since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

  • Ezra 4:2
    King James Version

    • 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.