King James Version

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?

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אֱדַ֗יִןedayinthenאֱדַיִןadverb — “then”H116then (of time)now, that time, then.שְׁאֵ֨לְנָא֙sheelenademandשְׁאֵלverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “demand”, a completed actionH7593{to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand}ask, demand, require.לְשָׂבַיָּ֣אlesavayato elderשִׂיבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “to elder”, the definite formH7868{properly, to become aged, i.e. (by implication) to grow gray}elder.אִלֵּ֔ךְilekhetheseאִלֵּךְpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, plural — “these”H479thesethese, those.כְּנֵ֖מָאkenemasoכְּנֵמָאadverb — “so”H3660so or thusso, (in) this manner (sort), thus.אֲמַ֣רְנָאamarnasayאֲמַרverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “say”, a completed actionH560{to say (used with great latitude)}command, declare, say, speak, tell.לְּהֹ֑םlehomtoלְּהֹ֑םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “to”toמַןmanwhatמָןpronoun, interrogative — “what”H4479who or what (properly, interrogatively, hence, also indefinitely and relatively)what, who(-msoever, [phrase] -so).שָׂ֨םsamgiveשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH7761{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}[phrase] command, give, lay, make, [phrase] name, [phrase] regard, set.לְכֹ֜םlekhomtoלְכֹ֜םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to”toטְעֵ֗םteemcommandmentטְעֵםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “commandment”, the ordinary formH2942properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)[phrase] chancellor, [phrase] command, commandment, decree, [phrase] regard, taste, wisdom.בַּיְתָ֤אbaytahouseבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “house”, the definite formH1005{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}house.דְנָה֙denahthisדֵּןpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, plural — “this”H1836this(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.לְמִבְנְיָ֔הlemivneyahto buildבְּנָאpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to build”, the to-form of the verbH1124to buildbuild, make.וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥אveusharnaand wallאֻשַּׁרְנָאconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “and wall”, the definite formH846a wall (from its uprightness)wall.דְנָ֖הdenahthisדֵּןpronoun, demonstrative, masculine, singular — “this”H1836this(afore-) time, [phrase] after this manner, here (-after), one...another, such, there(-fore), these, this (matter), [phrase] thus, where(-fore), which.לְשַׁכְלָלָֽהleshakhlalahto finishכְּלַלpreposition, verb, shaphel, infinitive construct — “to finish”, the to-form of the verbH3635to completefinish, make (set) up.

Jewish translation (JPS 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?

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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?

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?

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?”

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

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

Jewish Publication Society (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?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), 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?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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