Ezra 4:14

NIV: Now since we are under obligation to the palace and it is not proper for us to see the king dishonored, we are sending this message to inform the king,

NAS: "Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king,

KJV: Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

GWT: Now, because we are paid by your palace, it isn't right for us to watch something happen that will dishonor the king. So we are sending this letter to inform you

ASV: Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

BBE: Now because we are responsible to the king, and it is not right for us to see the king's honour damaged, we have sent to give the king word of these things,

DBY: Now, since we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not right for us to see the king's injury, therefore have we sent and informed the king;

DRB: But we remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we count it a crime to see the king wronged, have therefore sent and certified the king,

WBS: Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king;

WEB: Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not appropriate for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore have we sent and informed the king;

YLT: Now, because that the salt of the palace is our salt, and the nakedness of the king we have no patience to see, therefore we have sent and made known to the king;