Ezra 5:11 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹¹ And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ They replied, We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, rebuilding the house which was erected and finished many years ago by a great king of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.

Common English Bible

¹¹ This was their reply to us: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Then they responded a word to us in this manner, saying: 'We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. And we are building the temple that was constructed these many years before, and which a great king of Israel had built and constructed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And they answered us in these words, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth; and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and set up.

Ezra 5:11 Cross References

Genesis 24:3

and I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

1 Kings 6:38

and in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.

1 Kings 9:10

And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord, and the king's house,

Ezra 5:10

We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

Psalm 119:46

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.

Psalm 136:26

O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnez´zar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed´nego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed´nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.

Jonah 1:9

And he said unto them, I am a Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

Matthew 10:32

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Luke 12:8

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Acts 27:23

For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Romans 6:16

Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Galatians 6:14

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.