10We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.


In Context

7 The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: Cordial greetings.

8 The king should know that we went to the district of Judah, to the temple of the great God. The people are building it with large stones and placing the timbers in the walls. The work is being carried on with diligence and is making rapid progress under their direction.

9 We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?"

10 We also asked them their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

11 This is the answer they gave us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished.

12 But because our fathers angered the God of heaven, he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.

Ezra 5:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:10We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that [were] the chief of them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:10We 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:10We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:10We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10And also their names we have asked of them, to let thee know, that we might write the names of the men who are at their head.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:10We asked their names also, to certify you, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.