9We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?"
9We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?"
6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates, the officials of Trans-Euphrates, sent to King Darius.
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.
5:9Then asked we those elders, [and] said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
5:9And 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: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete 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?