Ezra 5:9
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Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
In other translations
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
Hebrew words
אֱדַיִן'edayinthenH116שְׁאֵלְנָאshe'elena'we askedH7593לְשָׂבַיָּאlesavaiya'to elders theH7868אִלֵּךְ'ilekhtheseH479כְּנֵמָאkenema'as followsH3660אֲמַרְנָא'amarna'we saidH560לְּהֹםlehomto themמַן־man-who?H4479שָׂםsamdid he makeH7761לְכֹםlekhomfor youטְעֵםte'ema decreeH2942בַּיְתָאbayta'house theH1005דְנָהdenahthisH1836לְמִבְנְיָהlemivneyahto buildH1124וְאֻשַּׁרְנָאve'usharna'and structure theH846דְנָהdenahthisH1836לְשַׁכְלָלָה׃leshakhlalahto finishH3635
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Related verses
- Ezra 5:3-43 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar–boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?3 At 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?” 4 They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”
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