Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls? Who commanded Ezra 5:3,4 And at the same time came to them Thathanai, who was governor beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and their counsellors: and said thus to them: Who hath given you counsel to build this house, and to repair the walls thereof? . . . Context Tattenai's Letter to Darius…8Be it known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with unpolished stones, and timber is laid in the walls: and this work is carried on diligently and advanceth in their hands. 9And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?10We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice: and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them.… Cross References Ezra 4:12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to us, are come to Jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, setting up the ramparts thereof and repairing the walls. Ezra 5:3 And at the same time came to them Thathanai, who was governor beyond the river, and Stharbuzanai, and their counsellors: and said thus to them: Who hath given you counsel to build this house, and to repair the walls thereof? Ezra 5:8 Be it known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with unpolished stones, and timber is laid in the walls: and this work is carried on diligently and advanceth in their hands. Ezra 5:10 We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice: and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them. Lexicon Soאֱדַ֗יִן (’ĕ·ḏa·yin) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 116: Then, thereupon we questioned שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ (šə·’ê·lə·nā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 7593: To inquire, to request, to demand the אִלֵּ֔ךְ (’il·lêḵ) Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 479: These elders לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א (lə·śā·ḇay·yā) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural determinate Strong's Hebrew 7868: To become aged, to grow gray and asked, אֲמַ֣רְנָא (’ă·mar·nā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 560: To say, tell, command “Who מַן־ (man-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4479: Who, what authorized you שָׂ֨ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7761: To set, make to rebuild לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה (lə·miḇ·nə·yāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 1124: To build this דְנָה֙ (ḏə·nāh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1836: This temple בַּיְתָ֤א (bay·ṯā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 1005: A house and restore לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃ (lə·šaḵ·lā·lāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3635: To complete this דְנָ֖ה (ḏə·nāh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1836: This structure?” וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א (wə·’uš·šar·nā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's Hebrew 846: Perhaps a wall Additional Translations So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation? Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall? Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to erect these walls? Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, "Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?" 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? Jump to Previous Authority Authorized Build Building Commanded Complete Decree Elders Erect Finish House Issued Orders Questioned Rebuild Responsible Restore Structure Temple Wall Walls WhoJump to Next Authority Authorized Build Building Commanded Complete Decree Elders Erect Finish House Issued Orders Questioned Rebuild Responsible Restore Structure Temple Wall Walls WhoLinks Ezra 5:9 NIVEzra 5:9 NLT Ezra 5:9 ESV Ezra 5:9 NASB Ezra 5:9 KJV Ezra 5:9 Bible Apps Ezra 5:9 Biblia Paralela Ezra 5:9 Chinese Bible Ezra 5:9 French Bible Ezra 5:9 German Bible Alphabetical: a and asked authorized decree elders finish issued questioned rebuild restore said structure structure' temple the them Then this those thus to We Who you OT History: Ezra 5:9 Then asked we those elders and said (Ezr. Ez) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |
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