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Ezra 5:16

So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

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ASV

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.

KJV

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֱדַ֙יִן֙'e.Da.yinthenH116 →
שֵׁשְׁבַּצַּ֣רshe.she.ba.TzarSheshbazzarH8340 →
דֵּ֔ךְDekhthisH1791 →
אֲתָ֗א'a.Ta'he cameH858 →
יְהַ֧בye.Havhe laidH3052 →
אֻשַּׁיָּ֛א'u.shai.Ya'foundations theH787 →
דִּי־di-ofH1768 →
בֵ֥יתveit[the] house ofH1005 →
אֱלָהָ֖א'e.la.Ha'<the> GodH426 →
דִּ֣יdiwhichH1768 →
בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑םvi.ru.she.Lem[is] in JerusalemH3390 →
וּמִן־u.min-and fromH4481 →
אֱדַ֧יִן'e.Da.yinthenH116 →
וְעַד־ve.'ad-and untilH5705 →
כְּעַ֛ןke.'AnnowH3705 →
מִתְבְּנֵ֖אmit.be.Ne'[it is] being builtH1124 →
וְלָ֥אve.La'and notH3809 →
שְׁלִֽם׃she.Lim[it is] finishedH8000 →

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Ezra 3:10When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.Ezra 6:15And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.Ezra 3:8In the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.Zechariah 4:9“The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will complete it. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent me to you.Ezra 5:14He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governorZechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”Haggai 2:18Consider carefully from this day forward—from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the day the foundation of the LORD’s temple was laid—consider carefully:Ezra 5:2Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.Haggai 1:12–14Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.Ezra 1:8Cyrus king of Persia had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

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Ezra Kneels in Prayer — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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