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Ezra 5:9

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

KJV

Interrogavimus ergo senes illos, et ita diximus eis : Quis dedit vobis potestatem ut domum hanc ædificaretis, et muros hos instauraretis ?

Vulgate

τότε ἠρωτήσαμεν τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐκείνους, καὶ οὕτως εἴπαμεν αὐτοῖς Τίς ἔθηκεν ὑμῖν γνώμην τοῦ οἰκοδομῆσαι τὴν χορηγίαν ταύτην καὶ καταρτίσασθαι;

LXX

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

ASV

אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֨לְנָא֙ לְ/שָׂבַיָּ֣/א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּ/הֹ֑ם מַן שָׂ֨ם לְ/כֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤/א דְנָה֙ לְ/מִבְנְיָ֔ה וְ/אֻשַּׁרְנָ֥/א דְנָ֖ה לְ/שַׁכְלָלָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א
'
particle · 2×
אִלֵּ֔ךְ
'lk
pronoun · 14×
אָמַ֗ר
'mr
verb · 71×
אדַ֣יִן
'dyn
adverb · 57×
בֵּית
byt
noun · 44×
דְנָה֙
dnh
pronoun · 57×
טְעֵ֔ם
t'm
noun · 24×
יִֽשְׁתַּכְלְל֑וּן
yshtkllvn
verb · 8×
כְּנֵ֖מָא
knm'
adverb · 5×
מַן
mn
pronoun · 10×
שְׁאֵ֔ל
sh'l
verb · 6×
שִׂ֣ים
shym
verb · 26×
שָׂבֵ֣י
shby
noun · 5×
תִּתְבְּנֵ֔א
ttbn'
verb · 22×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezra 4:12 — Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.
  • Ezra 5:3 — At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this