Ezra 5:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ Then we spoke to those elders and asked them, ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Then we asked those elders, Who authorized you to build this house and restore these walls?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

Common English Bible

⁹ We asked those elders, “Who authorized you to build this house and to complete the preparation of this material?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Therefore, we questioned those elders, and we spoke to them in this way: 'Who has given authority to you, so that you would build this house and repair these walls?'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?

Ezra 5:9 Cross References

Ezra 4:12

may it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and wicked city; they are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations.

Ezra 5:10

We also asked them their names, for your information, so that we might write down the names of the men at their head.

Ezra 5:8

May it be known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built of hewn stone, and timber is laid in the walls; this work is being done diligently and prospers in their hands.