NASB
""Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings?""
— Ezra 4:22, NASB
“Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”
“And take heed that ye be not slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? ”
“Take heed that you not be slack herein: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”
“Exercise appropriate caution so that there is no negligence in this matter. Why should danger increase to the point that kings sustain damage?””
“See that you be not negligent in executing this, lest by little and little the evil grow to the hurt of the kings.”
“Be certain to do this with all care: do not let trouble be increased to the king's damage.”
“Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?”
"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.