Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThen asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
Then we have asked of these elders, thus we have said to them, Who hath made for you a decree this house to build, and this wall to finish?
Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzra — The return in two waves — Zerubbabel's altar and temple (538 BC) and Ezra's reforming arrival (458 BC). A book about rebuilding — the temple, the Torah-teaching community, and the covenant boundary.
- Author
- Ezra (traditional); the book uses first-person narrative in chs. 7–10
- Date
- Events 538–458 BC; compilation c. mid-5th century BC