Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. New Living Translation However, King Cyrus of Babylon, during the first year of his reign, issued a decree that the Temple of God should be rebuilt. English Standard Version However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt. Berean Standard Bible In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. King James Bible But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. New King James Version However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God. New American Standard Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. NASB 1995 ‘However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. NASB 1977 ‘However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. Legacy Standard Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. Amplified Bible But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, [the same] King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. Christian Standard Bible However, in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, he issued a decree to rebuild the house of God. Holman Christian Standard Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, he issued a decree to rebuild the house of God. American Standard Version But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. English Revised Version But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. GOD'S WORD® Translation "However, in the first year of the reign of King Cyrus of Babylon, Cyrus gave permission for God's temple to be rebuilt. Good News Translation Then in the first year of the reign of King Cyrus as emperor of Babylonia, Cyrus issued orders for the Temple to be rebuilt. International Standard Version However, during King Cyrus' first year—that same King Cyrus of Babylon—issued a decree to reconstruct this Temple of God. Majority Standard Bible In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. NET Bible But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God. New Heart English Bible But in the first year of Kurush king of Babylon, Kurush the king made a decree to build this house of God. Webster's Bible Translation But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. World English Bible But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionbut in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God, Young's Literal Translation but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God, Smith's Literal Translation But in one year to Cyrus the king of Babel, Cyrus the king set up a decree to build this house of God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth al decree, that this house of God should be built. Catholic Public Domain Version Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Babylon, king Cyrus issued a decree, so that this house of God would be built. New American Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree for the rebuilding of this house of God. New Revised Standard Version However, King Cyrus of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut in the first year of Cyrus the king of Persia. Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated However in the first year of Kurash King of Persia, Kurash the King appointed the law to build this house of God. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. Brenton Septuagint Translation And in the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be built. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Tattenai's Letter to Darius…12But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon. 13In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. 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 governor… Cross References Ezra 1:1-4 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. / Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and may he go to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem. ... 2 Chronicles 36:22-23 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: / “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you belongs to His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and may he go up.’” Isaiah 44:28 who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’” Isaiah 45:1 This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut: Isaiah 45:13 I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.” Daniel 6:28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian. Daniel 9:25 Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. Haggai 1:1-2 In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating / that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’” Zechariah 1:1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, saying: Jeremiah 25:12 But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation. Jeremiah 29:10 For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place. Jeremiah 50:3 For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.” 2 Kings 25:11-12 Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population. / But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields. 2 Kings 25:21 There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land. 2 Kings 25:27-30 On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ... Treasury of Scripture But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. Ezra 1:1-8 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, … Ezra 6:3-5 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; … Isaiah 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. Jump to Previous Babylon Build Building Cyrus Decree First House However Issued Order Orders Rebuild RebuiltJump to Next Babylon Build Building Cyrus Decree First House However Issued Order Orders Rebuild RebuiltEzra 5 1. Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai and Zechariah, set forward to building3. Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai are not able to hinder the Jews 6. Their letter to Darius against the Jews In the first year This phrase sets a specific historical context, referring to the first year of King Cyrus's reign over Babylon, which began in 539 BC. The significance of this timing is profound, as it marks the fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecy (Jeremiah 29:10) regarding the end of the Babylonian exile. The phrase underscores God's sovereignty over time and history, orchestrating events according to His divine plan. of Cyrus king of Babylon King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew However,בְּרַם֙ (bə·ram) Conjunction Strong's 1297: Highly, surely, however in his first חֲדָ֔ה (ḥă·ḏāh) Number - feminine singular Strong's 2298: As card, one, single, first, at once year, בִּשְׁנַ֣ת (biš·naṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8140: A year Cyrus לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ (lə·ḵō·w·reš) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3567: Cyrus -- a person king king מַלְכָּ֖א (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 4430: A king of דִּ֣י (dî) Pronoun - relative Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because Babylon בָבֶ֑ל (ḇā·ḇel) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 895: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city issued שָׂ֣ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7761: To set, make a decree טְעֵ֔ם (ṭə·‘êm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2942: Flavor, judgment, account to rebuild לִבְּנֵֽא׃ (lib·bə·nê) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1124: To build this דְנָ֖ה (ḏə·nāh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 1836: This house בֵּית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1005: A house of God. אֱלָהָ֥א (’ĕ·lā·hā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 426: God Links Ezra 5:13 NIVEzra 5:13 NLT Ezra 5:13 ESV Ezra 5:13 NASB Ezra 5:13 KJV Ezra 5:13 BibleApps.com Ezra 5:13 Biblia Paralela Ezra 5:13 Chinese Bible Ezra 5:13 French Bible Ezra 5:13 Catholic Bible OT History: Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus (Ezr. 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