Ezra 5:9
Ezra chapter 5 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
Context
v.8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls; and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands.
v.9This passage
v.10We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 5:3
At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?