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New King James Version
Ezra 5:4
Then, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were constructing this building.
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Christian Standard Bible®
They also asked them, “What are the names of the workers who are constructing this building?”
They also asked them, “What are the names of the workers who are constructing this building?”
Hebrew Names Version
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were who were making this building.
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were who were making this building.
King James Version
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
English Standard Version
They also asked them this: "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
They also asked them this: "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
New Century Version
They also asked, "What are the names of the men working on this building?"
They also asked, "What are the names of the men working on this building?"
New English Translation
They also asked them, "What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?"
They also asked them, "What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?"
Amplified Bible
Then, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were reconstructing this building.
Then, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were reconstructing this building.
New American Standard Bible
Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were reconstructing this building.
Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were reconstructing this building.
World English Bible
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were who were making this building.
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were who were making this building.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then sayde we vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that buylde this buylding?
Then sayde we vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that buylde this buylding?
Legacy Standard Bible
Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were rebuilding this building.
Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were rebuilding this building.
Berean Standard Bible
They also asked, "What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?"
They also asked, "What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?"
Contemporary English Version
Give us the names of the workers!"
Give us the names of the workers!"
Complete Jewish Bible
What are the names of the men putting up this building?"
What are the names of the men putting up this building?"
Darby Translation
And they said to them after this manner: What are the names of the men that build this building?
And they said to them after this manner: What are the names of the men that build this building?
Easy-to-Read Version
They also asked Zerubbabel, "What are the names of the men who are working on this building?"
They also asked Zerubbabel, "What are the names of the men who are working on this building?"
George Lamsa Translation
Then they spoke to them according to the law, saying, What are the names of the men who are doing this building?
Then they spoke to them according to the law, saying, What are the names of the men who are doing this building?
Good News Translation
They also asked for the names of all the men who were helping build the Temple.
They also asked for the names of all the men who were helping build the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
Then we asked them this: "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
Then we asked them this: "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
Literal Translation
Then we spoke to them in this way, What are they, the names of the men building this building?
Then we spoke to them in this way, What are they, the names of the men building this building?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then tolde we them the names of the men, that made this buyldinge.
Then tolde we them the names of the men, that made this buyldinge.
American Standard Version
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building.
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building.
Bible in Basic English
Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?
Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then saide we vnto them after this maner: What are the names of the men that make this building?
Then saide we vnto them after this maner: What are the names of the men that make this building?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Then spoke we unto them after this manner [, wrote they]: What are the names of the men that build this building?'
'Then spoke we unto them after this manner [, wrote they]: What are the names of the men that build this building?'
King James Version (1611)
Then said wee vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Then said wee vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Then they spoke thus to them, What are the names of the men that build this city?
Then they spoke thus to them, What are the names of the men that build this city?
English Revised Version
Then spake we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Then spake we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To which thing we answeriden to hem, whiche weren the names of men, autours of that bildyng.
To which thing we answeriden to hem, whiche weren the names of men, autours of that bildyng.
Update Bible Version
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the [work]men were that were making this building.
Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the [work]men were that were making this building.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said we to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Then said we to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
New Living Translation
They also asked for the names of all the men working on the Temple.
They also asked for the names of all the men working on the Temple.
New Life Bible
They also asked, "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
They also asked, "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
New Revised Standard
They also asked them this, "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
They also asked them this, "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then, after this manner, spake we unto them, - What are the names of these men, who, this building, do rear?
Then, after this manner, spake we unto them, - What are the names of these men, who, this building, do rear?
Douay-Rheims Bible
In answer to which we gave them the names of the men who were the promoters of that building.
In answer to which we gave them the names of the men who were the promoters of that building.
Revised Standard Version
They also asked them this, "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
They also asked them this, "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"
Young's Literal Translation
Then thus we have said to them, `What [are] the names of the men who are building this building?'
Then thus we have said to them, `What [are] the names of the men who are building this building?'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were reconstructing this building.
Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were reconstructing this building.
Contextual Overview
3 At the same time Tattenai the governor of the region beyond the River [fn] and Shethar-Boznai and their companions came to them and spoke thus to them: "Who has commanded you to build this temple and finish this wall?" 4 Then, accordingly, we told them the names of the men who were constructing this building. 5 But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so that they could not make them cease till a report could go to Darius. Then a written answer was returned concerning this matter. 6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai sent: The governor of the region beyond the River, and Shethar-Boznai, and his companions, the Persians who were in the region beyond the River, to Darius the king. 7 (They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus) To Darius the king: All peace. 8 Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judea, to the temple of the great God, which is being built with heavy stones, and timber is being laid in the walls; and this work goes on diligently and prospers in their hands. 9 Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: "Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?" 10 We also asked them their names to inform you, that we might write the names of the men who were chief among them. 11 And thus they returned us an answer, saying: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed. 12 But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and carried the people away to Babylon.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
What are: Ezra 5:10
make this building: Chal, build this building
Reciprocal: Ezra 5:9 - Who commanded
Cross-References
Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
Genesis 5:1
1 Chronicles 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38">[xr] This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
1 Chronicles 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38">[xr] This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.
Genesis 5:3
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
And Adam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 5:7
After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.
After he begot Enosh, Seth lived eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:10
After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.
After he begot Cainan, Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years, and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:13
After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters.
After he begot Mahalalel, Cainan lived eight hundred and forty years, and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:19
After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
After he begot Enoch, Jared lived eight hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:22
After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years, and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.
After he begot Lamech, Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years, and had sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:30
After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters.
After he begot Noah, Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then said we unto them after this manner,.... In answer to their questions; namely, Ezra and other Jews replied; for though Ezra is said after this to come from Babylon in the seventh year of Artaxerxes, he might go thither on some business, and then return again at that time; some indeed think these are the words of Tatnai and those with him; so Ben Melech, which seems to be favoured by Ezra 4:10, and by reading the words with an interrogation, as we do; Aben Ezra says they are either the words of the builders, or of the scribes, the secretaries that came to question them; but they are the words of the former, as order requires, or otherwise no answer would be returned, at least as expressed; and the next clause may be read without an interrogation, and the sense be, that they told them not only that they acted according to an edict of Cyrus king of Persia, for this was said, as appears from Ezra 5:13, but they declared
what were the names of the men that did make this building; or employed them in it, namely, Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the chief men of the Jews; they made no scruple of telling them who they were; neither ashamed of their masters nor of their work, nor afraid of any ill consequences following hereafter.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Then said we - The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions have âThen said they,â which brings this verse into exact accordance with Ezra 5:10.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ezra 5:4. What are the names — It is most evident that this is the answer of the Jews to the inquiry of Tatnai, Ezra 5:3, and the verse should be read thus: Then said we unto them after this manner: THESE are the names of the men who make this building.
