Ezra 5:10

Ezra chapter 5 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

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

v.10This passage

v.11And 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.