Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall. So he became very angry and upset. He made fun of the Jews.

参巴拉听见我们修造城墙就发怒，大大恼恨，嗤笑犹大人，

参巴拉听见我们建造城墙就发怒，非常恼恨，并嗤笑犹太人。

参巴拉听见我们建造城墙就发怒，非常恼恨，并嗤笑犹太人。

参巴拉听说我们正在重建城墙，非常愤怒，就嘲笑犹太人，

当参巴拉听见我们正在重建城墙，就很忿怒，非常恼恨，并且讥讽犹大人。

參巴拉聽見我們修造城牆就發怒，大大惱恨，嗤笑猶大人，

參巴拉聽見我們建造城牆就發怒，非常惱恨，並嗤笑猶太人。

參巴拉聽見我們建造城牆就發怒，非常惱恨，並嗤笑猶太人。

參巴拉聽說我們正在重建城牆，非常憤怒，就嘲笑猶太人，

當參巴拉聽見我們正在重建城牆，就很忿怒，非常惱恨，並且譏諷猶大人。

參巴拉聽說是我們在修造城牆，就發怒，大大惱恨，直嗤笑着猶大人。

參巴拉聞我儕築垣、忿怒恚恨、譏笑猶大人、

撒八拉聞我儕築垣、怒甚、訕謗猶大人、

參巴拉聞我儕建城垣、則甚忿怒嫉恨、並訕笑猶大人、

When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became angry and was greatly incensed. He ridiculed the Jews,

Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he jeered at the Jews.

Sanballat was very angry when he learned that we were rebuilding the wall. He flew into a rage and mocked the Jews,

When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious. He mocked the Jews

Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry, and he mocked the Jews.

But it so happened, when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, that he was furious and very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

But it came to pass that, when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

When Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious. He mocked the Jews

But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

( 3: 33) Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews,

But when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and was very indignant, and mocked the Jews.

Sanballat and Tobiah heard about what was happening. Sanballat was a Horonite. Tobiah was an official from Ammon. They were very upset that someone had come to help the Israelites.

But Sanballat, the Horonite, heard about it. So did Tobiah, the official from Ammon. Geshem, the Arab, heard about it too. All of them laughed at us. They made fun of us.“ What do you think you are doing?” they asked.“ Are you turning against the king?”

The high priest and all his companions were Sadducees. They were very jealous of the apostles.

Then they twisted thorns together to make a crown. They placed it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then they fell on their knees in front of him and made fun of him.“ We honor you, king of the Jews!” they said.

Some were made fun of and even whipped. Some were held by chains. Some were put in prison.

But when I tripped and fell, they were all very happy. Attackers gathered against me when I didn’t even know it. They kept on telling lies about me.Like ungodly people, they were mean and made fun of me. They ground their teeth at me in hate.

The people who had returned from Babylon were building a temple to honor the Lord. He is the God of Israel. The enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard about it.Then those enemies came to Zerubbabel. The family leaders of Israel were with him. The enemies said,“ We want to help you build. We’re just like you. We worship your God. We offer sacrifices to him. We’ve been doing that ever since the time of Esarhaddon. He was king of Assyria. He brought our people here.”Zerubbabel and Joshua answered them. So did the rest of the family leaders of Israel. They said,“ You can’t help us build a temple to honor our God. You aren’t part of us. We’ll build it ourselves. We’ll do it to honor the Lord, the God of Israel. Cyrus, the king of Persia, commanded us to build it.”Then the nations around Judah tried to make its people lose hope. They wanted to make them afraid to go on building.So those nations paid some of the Jewish officials to work against the people of Judah. They wanted their plans to fail. They did it during the whole time Cyrus was king of Persia. They kept doing it until Darius became king.

You have made us something that our neighbors laugh at. Those who live around us make fun of us and tease us.The nations make jokes about us. They shake their heads at us.