13"However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.


In Context

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.

13 "However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

14 He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon. "Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor,

15 and he told him, 'Take these articles and go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem. And rebuild the house of God on its site.'

Ezra 5:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth al decree, that this house of God should be built.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:13but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:13But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.