Ezra 5:9 - King James 2000

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

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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?'

Ezra 5:9 Tagairtí Cros

Ezra 4:12

Be it known unto the king, that the Jews who came up from you to us have come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and wicked city, and are finishing its walls, and repairing the foundations.

Ezra 5:10

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

Ezra 5:8

Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goes on diligently , and prospers in their hands.