Ezra 5:9

Then asked we of these elders, thus, we said to them,—Who hath issued to you an edict, this house, to build, and, this wall, to complete?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

In Context

8Be it known unto the king, that we journeyed into the province of Judah, unto the house of the Great God, and, the same, is being built with large stones, and, timber, is being laid in the walls,—and, this work, with speed, is being done, and is prospering in their hands.

10Yea, their names also, asked we of them, to certify thee,—that we might write the name, of the men who are at their head.

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Cross References

Ezra 5:3At that time, came unto them Tattenai pasha Beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai, and their associates,—and, thus, spake they unto them, Who hath issued unto you an edict, this house, to build, and, this wall, to complete?

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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