Ezra 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?””
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“So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezra 5:9 — 1 related verse from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 5:3At 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?”
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