Ezra 5:4
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
Ezra 5:4 in other translations
| BSB | They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?” |
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| WEB | They also asked for the names of the men who were making this building. |
| ASV | Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building. |
| YLT | Then thus we have said to them, ‘What are the names of the men who are building this building?' |
| DARBY | And they said to them after this manner: What are the names of the men that build this building? |
| BBE | Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building? |
| Webster | Then said we to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? |
What does Ezra 5:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezra 5:3-4
3-4. At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river--The Persian empire west of the Euphrates included at this time Syria, Arabia, Egypt, Phoenicia, and other provinces subject to Darius. The empire was divided into twenty provinces, called satrapies. Syria formed one satrapy, inclusive of Palestine, Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and furnished an annual revenue of three hundred fifty talents. It was…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezra 5:3-17
While employed in God's work, we are under his special protection; his eye is upon us for good. This should keep us to our duty, and encourage us therein, when difficulties are ever so discouraging. The elders of the Jews gave the Samaritans an account of their proceedings. Let us learn hence, with meekness and fear, to give a reason of the hope that is in us; let us rightly understand, and then readily declare…
Ezra 5:4 in the original Hebrew
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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make this building. Chal. build this building.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Ezra 5:3
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?
- Ezra 5:4
Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
- Ezra 5:5
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 by letter concerning this matter.
Ezra 5:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces les dijimos en orden á esto cuáles eran los nombres de los varones que edificaban este edificio. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors nous leur avons dit quels étaient les noms des hommes qui bâtissaient cet édifice. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Darauf sagten wir ihnen, welches die Namen der Männer wären, die diesen Bau ausführten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ad quod respondimus eis, quæ essent nomina hominum auctorum ædificationis illius. |