Esdras 4:3

La Bible Ostervald

Mais Zorobabel, Jéshua, et les autres chefs des pères d'Israël, leur répondirent: Il ne convient pas que vous et nous, nous bâtissions une maison à notre Dieu; mais nous la bâtirons nous seuls à l'Éternel, le Dieu d'Israël, comme le roi Cyrus, roi de Perse, nous l'a commandé.

Parallel Translations

Darby's French Translation
Et Zorobabel, et J�shua, et le reste des chefs des p�res d'Isra�l, leur dirent: Vous n'avez pas affaire avec nous pour b�tir une maison � notre Dieu, mais nous seuls, nous b�tirons � l'�ternel, le Dieu d'Isra�l, comme nous l'a command� le roi Cyrus, roi de Perse.

Louis Segond (1910)
Mais Zorobabel, Josu�, et les autres chefs des familles d'Isra�l, leur r�pondirent: Ce n'est pas � vous et � nous de b�tir la maison de notre Dieu; nous la b�tirons nous seuls � l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Isra�l, comme nous l'a ordonn� le roi Cyrus, roi de Perse.

La Bible David Martin (1744)
Mais Zorobabel, et J�suah, et les autres Chefs des p�res d'Isra�l leur [r�pondirent] : Il n'est pas � propos que vous et nous b�tissions la maison � notre Dieu; mais nous, qui sommes ici ensemble, nous b�tirons � l'Eternel le Dieu d'Isra�l, ainsi que le Roi Cyrus Roi de Perse nous l'a command�.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ye have nothing: Nehemiah 2:20, John 4:22, John 4:23, Acts 8:21, Romans 9:4, Romans 9:5, 3 John 1:9, 3 John 1:10

king Cyrus: Ezra 1:1-3, Ezra 6:3-5, 2 Chronicles 36:22, 2 Chronicles 36:23, Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 45:1, Isaiah 45:4, Matthew 10:16

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:25 - ye have Ezra 2:2 - Jeshua Ezra 6:14 - And the elders Daniel 10:1 - Cyrus 2 Corinthians 6:15 - or Ephesians 2:12 - aliens

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But Zerubbabel, and Joshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers, said unto them,.... The prince and high priest, and chief of the people:

you have nothing to do with us to build an house to our God; being neither of the same nation, nor of the same religion:

but we ourselves together will build to the Lord God of Israel; we and we only, who are together as one man, united in one body of people, and in the same religious sentiments, being Israelites; we separately, without admitting strangers among us, will build a temple to the God of Israel:

as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, hath commanded us; thereby letting them know that they acted by his authority, and the commission they had from him only concerned themselves, and not others.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ye have nothing to do with us - Because the Samaritans had united idolatrous rites with the worship of Yahweh 2 Kings 17:29-41. To have allowed them a share in restoring the temple would have been destructive of all purity of religion.

As king Cyrus ... commanded us - The exact words of the edict gave the right of building exclusively to those who should “go up” from Babylonia to Judaea Ezra 1:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezra 4:3. Ye have nothing to do with us — We cannot acknowledge you as worshippers of the true God, and cannot participate with you in anything that relates to his worship.