Ezra 4:4
ESV
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build
NIV
Then the peoples around them set out to discourage the people of Judah and make them afraid to go on building.
NASB
Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building,
CSB
Then the people who were already in the land discouraged the people of Judah and made them afraid to build.
NLT
Then the local residents tried to discourage and frighten the people of Judah to keep them from their work.
KJV
Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,
NKJV
Then the people of the land tried to discourage the people of Judah. They troubled them in building,