NASB
""So, now issue a decree to make these men stop work, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me."
— Ezra 4:21, NASB
“Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct.”
“Now therefore hear the sentence: Hinder those men, that this city be not built, till further orders be given by me.”
“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.”
“Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.”
the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.
"A decree has been issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,
that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the River, and that tribute, custom and toll were paid to them.
"So, now issue a decree to make these men stop work, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me.
"Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings?"
Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes' document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms.
Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.