But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
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1 Esdras 5:72
Howbeit the people of the land made them sluggish that were in Iudea, and letted them to buyld the worke, and by their ambushments and seditions & conspiracies hindred the finishing of the buylding,
Parallel Translations
But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
But the heathen of the land lying heavy upon the inhabitants of Judea, and holding them strait, hindered their building;
But the heathen of the land pressed hard upon the inhabitants of Judea, cut off their supplies, and hindered their building.