Ezra 5:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.”
Ezra 5:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ezra 5:11 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ezra 5:11 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.”
Ezra 5:11 — World English Bible
Ezra 5:11 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished. ”
Ezra 5:11 — American Standard Version
Ezra 5:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`And thus they have returned us word, saying, We <FI>are<Fi> servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:”
Ezra 5:11 — Young's Literal Translation
Ezra 5:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of theGod of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it. ”
Ezra 5:11 — Darby Translation
Ezra 5:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But they answered vs thus, and sayd, We are the seruants of the God of heauen and earth, and buylde the house that was buylt of olde and many yeeres ago, which a great King of Israel builded, and founded it.”
Ezra 5:11 — Geneva Bible
Ezra 5:11 in Context — Ezra 5
9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
10 We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
11 And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
12 But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
13 But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
What Does Ezra 5:11 Mean?
Ezra 5:11 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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