Ezra 5:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ezra 5:9

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

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KJV

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?

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WEB

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?”

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ASV

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?

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ezra 5

⁷ The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.

⁸ Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

⁹ So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

¹⁰ We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

¹¹ And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

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