9Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
9Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who were on this side the river, sent to Darius the king.
7 They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!
8 Be it known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work is being carried on with diligence, and prospers in their hand.
9 Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?
10 We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.
5:9Then asked we those elders, [and] said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
5:9We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?"
5:9And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?
5:9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
5:9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
5:9Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to erect these walls?
5:9Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, |Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?|
5:9Then 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?
5:9Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?