And Sanballat the Horonite heard [it], and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it was grievous to them that a man had come to seek good for the children of Israel.

And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesham the Arabian, heard [it], and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What [is] this thing that you are doing? Are you revolting against the king?

And they that afflicted Judah and Benjamin heard, that the children of the captivity were building a house to the Lord God of Israel.

Then Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the families of Israel said to them, [It is] not for us and you to build a house to our God, for we ourselves will build together to the Lord our God, as Cyrus the king of the Persians commanded us.

and [continued] hiring [people] against them, plotting to frustrate their counsel, all the days of Cyrus king of the Persians, and until the reign of Darius king of the Persians.

Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,

Yet they rejoiced against me, and plagues were plentifully brought against me, and I knew [it] not; they were scattered, but repented not.

They tempted me, they sneered at me most contemptuously, they gnashed their teeth upon me.

You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

You have made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.

When they had twisted a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand. And kneeling before Him, they mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"

Still others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and of prison.