Ezra 5:9

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

Bible in Basic English ☆

Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation?

Darby Translation ☆

Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And we asked those ancients, and said to them thus: Who hath given you authority to build this house, and to repair these walls?

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then asked we those Elders, and sayd vnto them thus, Who hath giuen you commandement to buylde this house, and to lay the foundation of these walles?

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Then asked we these elders, and after this manner said we unto them, Who hath given you the order to build this house, and to complete these walls?

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus: Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

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?

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation?

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation?

Majority Standard BIble ☆

So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

Then we asked those elders, and thus we said to them, Who gave you the order to build this house, and to provide this preparation?

World English Bible ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

World English Bible Classic ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

World English Bible Updated ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

World Messianic Bible ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Then we asked those elders, and said to them thus, “Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?”

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Then 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?

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Then asked we those leaders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this Beis, and to restore this structure?

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

حِينَئِذٍ سَأَلْنَا أُولَئِكَ ٱلشُّيُوخَ وَقُلْنَا لَهُمْ هَكَذَا: مَنْ أَمَرَكُمْ بِبِنَاءِ هَذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ وَتَكْمِيلِ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَسْوَارِ؟

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

``ထို​နောက်​အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​တို့​သည်​ပြည်​သူ့​ခေါင်း​ဆောင်​များ​အား ထို​ဗိ​မာန်​ကို​အ​ဘယ်​သူ​၏​အ​မိန့်​ခွင့်​ပြု​ချက်​အ​ရ​ပြန်​လည်​တည်​ဆောက်​ကြ​သည်​ကို​မေး​မြန်း​ပါ​သည်။-

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ဤ အိမ် ကိုတည် ဆောက်ရမည်၊ ဤ မြို့ရိုး ကို ပြုပြင် ရမည်အကြောင်း အဘယ် သူမှာ ထားသနည်း ဟူ၍၎င်း၊

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kacoehtanawk khaeah, Hae ih im hoi sipaenawk sak let hanah mi mah maw sak thaihaih akaa ang paek? tiah lok ka dueng o.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

A hamca rhoek te ka dawt tangloeng bal tih amih te, “He im sak ham neh imbang he coeng ham nangmih taengah saithainah aka pae te unim?” ka ti uh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

A hamca rhoek te ka dawt tangloeng bal tih amih te, “He im sak ham neh imbang he coeng ham nangmih taengah saithainah aka pae te unim?” ka ti uh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我们就问那些长老说：『谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？』

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我們就問那些長老說：『誰降旨讓你們建造這殿，修成這牆呢？』

World Chinese Bible ☆

于是我们询问那些长老，对他们这样说：“谁给你们命令，建造这殿，修成这墙呢？”

Croatian Bible ☆

Zapitali smo njihove starješine i rekli smo im: 'Tko vam je dopustio da gradite ovaj hram i da podignete njegove zidove?'

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Tedy otázali jsme se těch starších, a takto jsme jim řekli: Kdo vám poručil stavěti dům tento, a zdi tyto dělati?

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Vi spurgte da de Ældste der og talte således til dem: “Hvem har givet eder Lov til at, bygge dette Tempel og opføre denne Helligdom?

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Toen hebben wij denzelven oudsten gevraagd, en aldus tot hen gezegd: Wie heeft ulieden bevel gegeven dit huis te bouwen, en dezen muur te voltrekken?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Wij hebben toen de oudsten daar ondervraagd, en hun gezegd: Wie heeft u verlof gegeven, dit huis te bouwen en deze muren te herstellen?

Esperanto Bible ☆

Tiam ni demandis tiujn plenaĝulojn, kaj diris al ili: Kiu donis al vi la permeson konstrui ĉi tiun domon kaj starigi ĉi tiujn murojn?

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Alors nous avons interrogé ces anciens, nous leur avons parlé ainsi : Qui vous a donné ordre de bâtir cette maison et d’achever cette muraille ?

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Alors nous avons interrogé les anciens qui étaient là, nous leur avons dit: Qui vous a donné ordre de bâtir cette maison et de relever ces murs?

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Nous avons interrogé les anciens, et nous leur avons ainsi parlé: Qui vous a donné l’autorisation de bâtir cette maison et de relever ces murs?

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Nous avons interrogé les anciens et leur avons demandé : « Qui vous a autorisés à bâtir cette maison et à achever cette muraille ? »

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Da haben wir jene Ältesten gefragt und also zu ihnen gesprochen: Wer hat euch Befehl gegeben, dieses Haus zu bauen und diese Mauer zu vollenden?

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wir aber haben die Ältesten gefragt und zu ihnen gesagt also: Wer hat euch befohlen, dies Haus zu bauen und seine Mauern zu machen?

German Textbibel ☆

Da haben wir ihre Vornehmen gefragt - folgendermaßen sprachen wir zu ihnen: Wer hat euch Erlaubnis gegeben, diesen Tempel zu bauen und diese Mauern zu vollenden?

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Da fragten wir diese Ältesten und sagten zu ihnen also: Wer hat euch befohlen, dieses Haus zu bauen und seine Mauern wieder aufzuführen?

CC BY 4.0

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Τότε ἠρωτήσαμεν τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους ἐκείνους, καὶ οὕτως εἴπαμεν αὐτοῖς, τίς ἔθηκεν ὑμῖν γνώμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον οἰκοδομῆσαι, καὶ τὴν χορηγίαν ταύτην καταρτίσασθαι;

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Nou pale ak chèf fanmi yo, nou mande yo ki moun ki te ba yo otorizasyon bati tanp lan, ak otorizasyon mete lotèl ladan l'.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Alaila ninau aku la makou i kela poe lunakahiko, a i aku la ia lakou, Nawai oukou i kauoha mai e hana i keia hale, a e hoopaa hoi i keia mau papohaku?

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֙לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְהֹ֑ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

אדין שאלנא לשביא אלך כנמא אמרנא להם מן שם לכם טעם ביתא דנה למבניה ואשרנא דנה לשכללה׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Avendo ciò veduto, abbiamo domandato a quegli Anziani, e abbiam loro detto così: Chi vi ha ordinato di edificar questa Casa, e di rifar queste mura?

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Noi abbiamo interrogato quegli anziani, e abbiam parlato loro così: Chi v’ha dato ordine di edificare questa casa e di rialzare queste mura?

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

そこで私たちは長老たちに、『だれがあなたがたに、この家を建て、この城壁を完成させる許可を与えたのか』と尋ねました。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

우리가 그 장로들에게 물어 보기를 누가 너희를 명하여 이 전을 건축하고 이 성곽을 마치게 하였느냐 하고

Kosraean Bible ☆

“Kut tuh siyuk sin mwet kol lalos in fahk nu sesr lah su sapkin tuh elos in sifil musai Tempul sac ac sang kufwa nu kac.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Interrogavimus ergo senes illos, et ita diximus eis: Quis dedit vobis potestatem ut domum hanc ædificaretis, et muros hos instauraretis?

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

آنگاه ازمشایخ ایشان پرسیده، چنین به ایشان گفتیم: کیست که شما را امر فرموده است که این خانه رابنا کنید و دیوارهایش را برپا نمایید؟

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Então nós perguntamos àqueles anciãos, e lhes dissemos assim: “Quem lhes deu um decreto para construir esta casa, e para terminar este muro?”

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Então perguntamos aos anciãos, dizendo-lhes assim: Quem vos deu ordem para reconstruir esta casa, e para restaurar estes muros?

CC BY 4.0

Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Atunci noi am întrebat pe acei bătrâni şi le-am spus astfel: Cine v-a poruncit să construiţi această casă şi să ridicaţi aceste ziduri?

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ам ынтребат пе бэтрынь ши ле-ам ворбит аша: ‘Чине в-а дат ынвоире сэ зидиць каса ачаста ши сэ ридикаць зидуриле ачестя?’

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Тогда мы спросили у старейшин тех и так сказали им: кто дал вам разрешение строить дом сей и стены сии доделывать?

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I zapitasmo tamošnje starešine rekavši im: Ko vam je dao vlast da zidate taj dom i da opravljate te zidove?

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И запитасмо тамошње старешине рекавши им: Ко вам је дао власт да зидате тај дом и да оправљате те зидове?

Mashi Bible ☆

Lêro obwo rhwanacidôsa abo bashamuka, rhwababwîra ntya nti: Ndi wabahâga obuhashe bw’okuyûbaka eyi nyumpa n’okuyîmusa ezi nkuta?

CC BY 4.0

Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Entonces preguntamos á los ancianos, diciéndoles así: ¿Quién os dió mandamiento para edificar esta casa, y para restablecer estos muros?

Spanish BLL ☆

“Les preguntamos a los ancianos que dirigían la obra: “¿Quién les dio autorización para reconstruir este templo y terminar estas murallas?”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Entonces preguntamos a los ancianos, diciéndoles así: «¿Quién os ha dado mandato para edificar esta casa y para reparar estos muros?».

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces preguntamos a los hombres responsables, ¿quién les dio autoridad para la reconstrucción de esta casa y estas paredes?

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Y preguntamos a aquellos ancianos: ¿Quién les dio orden de edificar este Templo y restaurar estos muros?

CC BY 4.0

Revised West Version ☆

“Pea naʻa mau fehuʻi ai ki he kau mātuʻa ko ia, ʻo mau pehē kiate kinautolu, Ko hai naʻa ne fekau kiate kimoutolu ke langa ʻae fale ni, pea ke fakamaʻopoʻopo ʻae ngaahi ʻā maka ni?

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Тодї ми спитали в тіх старшин і сказали їм так: Хто дав вам дозвіл будувати дїм сей й дороблювати сї мури?

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Тодї ми спитали в тіх старшин і сказали їм так: Хто дав вам дозвіл будувати дїм сей й дороблювати сї мури?

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Chúng tôi có hỏi các trưởng lão ấy rằng: Ai ban lịnh cho các ngươi cất cái đền nầy và xây vách thành nầy lên?

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

אֱדַ֗יִן שְׁאֵ֨לְנָא֙ לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א אִלֵּ֔ךְ כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־שָׂ֨ם לְכֹ֜ם טְעֵ֗ם בַּיְתָ֤א דְנָה֙ לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה׃