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Ezra 5:9

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֱדַ֗יִן'e.Da.yinthenH116
שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙she.'E.le.na'we askedH7593
לְשָׂבַיָּ֣אle.sa.vai.Ya'to elders theH7868
אִלֵּ֔ךְ'i.LekhtheseH479
כְּנֵ֖מָאke.Ne.ma'as followsH3660
אֲמַ֣רְנָא'a.Mar.na'we saidH560
לְּהֹ֑םle.Homto them
מַן־man-who?H4479
שָׂ֨םsamdid he makeH7761
לְכֹ֜םle.Khomfor you
טְעֵ֗םte.'Ema decreeH2942
בַּיְתָ֤אbay.Ta'house theH1005
דְנָה֙de.NahthisH1836
לְמִבְנְיָ֔הle.miv.ne.Yahto buildH1124
וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥אve.'u.shar.Na'and structure theH846
דְנָ֖הde.NahthisH1836
לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃le.shakh.la.Lahto finishH3635

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About Ezra

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