Ezra 5:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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 finished.

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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 for 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, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house,

Ezra 5:10

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

Psalm 119:46

I will also speak of thy testimonies 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 Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he 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 out of the midst of the fire.

Jonah 1:9

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

Matthew 10:32

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

Luke 12:8

And I say unto you, Every one who 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 an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: 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 present yourselves as servants unto obedience, his servants ye are whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

Galatians 6:14

But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been 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 beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.