Ezra 5:9

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Ezra 5:9

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

King James Version

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

Holman Bible

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?”

International Standard Version

We asked the elders, "Who authorized you to build this Temple and to reinforce these walls?"

A Conservative Version

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

American Standard Version

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

Amplified

Then we asked those elders, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

Bible in Basic English

Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

Darby Translation

Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

Julia Smith Translation

Then we asked these old men, thus we said to them, Who set to you a decree to build this house and to complete this wall?

King James 2000

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them, Who commanded you to build this house, and to complete these walls?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then we asked those elders and said this to them, 'Who issued forth to you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?'

Modern King James verseion

Then we asked those elders and said this to them, Who commanded you to build this house and to make these walls?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Nevertheless, we asked the Elders and said unto them, 'Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up the walls thereof?'

NET Bible

We inquired of those elders, asking them, 'Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?'

New Heart English Bible

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?"

The Emphasized Bible

Then asked we of these elders, thus, we said to them, - Who hath issued to you an edict, this house, to build, and, this wall, to complete?

Webster

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to erect these walls?

World English Bible

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?"

Youngs Literal Translation

Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?

Themes

Temple » The second » Restored by zerubbabel

The Second Temple » Tatnai the governor wrote to darius to know if the building had his sanction

Topics

Restoration

The King's Orders

structure

Interlinear

English(KJV)

Strong's

Root Form

Definition

Usage

Then

H116

אדין
'edayin (Aramaic)

then, now, time

Usage: 57

asked

H7593

שׁאל
Sh@'el (Aramaic)

ask, require, demand

Usage: 6

we those

H479

אלּך
'illek (Aramaic)

these, those

Usage: 14

elders

H7868

שׂיב
Siyb (Aramaic)

elder

Usage: 5

and said

H560

אמר
'amar (Aramaic)

say, commanded, speak, tell, declare

Usage: 71

unto them thus

H3660

כּנמא
K@nema' (Aramaic)

thus, so, sort, manner

Usage: 5

Who

H4479

מן
man (Aramaic)

whomsoever, who, whoso, what

Usage: 10

commanded

H7761

שׂוּם

made, commanded, give, laid, have, named,

Usage: 26

you to build

H1124

בּנה בּנא
B@na' (Aramaic)

build, building, builded , make

Usage: 22

this

H1836

דּן
Den (Aramaic)

this, these, thus, hereafter, that,

Usage: 58

house

H1005

בּית
Bayith (Aramaic)

house

Usage: 44

and to make up

H3635

כּלל
K@lal (Aramaic)

set up, make up, finished, variant

Usage: 7

these

H1836

דּן
Den (Aramaic)

this, these, thus, hereafter, that,

Usage: 58

References

Hastings

Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezra 5:9

Verse Info

Bible Rank: 10890
Ezra Rank: 106
3 Topics
2 Themes
1 Cross Reference
2 Readings
Interlinear
1 Name
4 References

Context Readings

⁸ Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with huge stones, and beams are being laid in the walls; and this work is going on with great care and is succeeding in their hands. ⁹ Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’ ¹⁰ We also asked them their names so as to inform you, and that we might write down the names of the men who were at their head.

Names

Ezra

Cross References

Ezra 5:3-4

At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them thus, “Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?”

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