Ezra 5:9

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Ezra 5:9-10 The Message (MSG)

We asked the leaders, “Who issued you the permit to rebuild this Temple and restore it to use?” We also asked for their names so we could pass them on to you and have a record of the men at the head of the construction work.

Ezra 5:9 King James Version (KJV)

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

Ezra 5:9 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

Ezra 5:9 New Century Version (NCV)

We asked their elders, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and these walls?”

Ezra 5:9 American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Ezra 5:9 New International Version (NIV)

We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

Ezra 5:9 New King James Version (NKJV)

Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: “Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”

Ezra 5:9 Amplified Bible (AMP)

Then we asked those elders, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

Ezra 5:9 New Living Translation (NLT)

“We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’

Ezra 5:9 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’