Ezra 5:9

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

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

YLT

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?

DBY

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

DRC

And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?

GNV

Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?

JPS

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

LXXE

Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation?

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WLC

אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֨לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃We read the punctuation in L differently from BHQ.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.

LXX-Br

Τότε ἠρωτήσαμεν τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐκείνους, καὶ οὕτως εἴπαμεν αὐτοῖς, τίς ἔθηκεν ὑμῖν γνώμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομῆσαι, καὶ τὴν χορηγίαν ταύτην καταρτίσασθαι;

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• Ezra 5:3–4At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?” They…

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