Ezra 5:4

'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?

In Context

3At the same time came to them Tattenai, the governor beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them: 'Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this structure?'

5But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then answer should be returned by letter concerning it.

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Matthew Henry on Ezra 5:4-17

The Case Represented to Darius. ( b. c. 519.) 3 At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? 4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer… Read the whole commentary →

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