Verse List for EZRA 5:11

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OET (OET-RV) “This is the answer they gave us, ‘We are servants of the god of the heavens and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was constructed and finished many years ago by a famous Israeli king.

OET-LV and_as _follows the_message they_sent _back _to _us to_say we they are_his _of_servants of the _god _of the_heavens and_the_earth and_we _are_building the_house which it _was built from_the _former _time _of this years many and_a _king of_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) great he_built _it and_he_finished _it.

ULT And thus is the answer they returned us, saying, ‘We are servants of him who is the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house that was built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it and completed it.

UST This is what they told us in reply. They said, ‘We serve the God who created heaven and earth. We are rebuilding his temple, which a great king of Israel originally completed many years ago.

BSB & MSB And this is the answer they returned:
¶  “We are 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.

OEB No OEB EZRA book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

NET They responded to us in the following way: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it.

LSV And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] servants of the God of the heavens and earth, and are building the house that was built many years before this, that a great king of Israel built and finished:

FBV This is the answer they gave us. ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the Temple built and completed many years ago by a great king of Israel.

T4T “But instead of telling us their leaders’ names, what they said was, ‘We serve the God who created the heaven and the earth. Many years ago a great king who ruled us Israeli people told our ancestors to build a temple here, and now we are rebuilding it.

LEB And this is the answer they returned to us: ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house that was built formerly many years ago, which a great king of Israel had built and finished.

BBE And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.

Moff And this was their reply: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, built and finished by a great king of Israel.

JPS 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 finished.

ASV 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.

DRA And they answered us in these words, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and set up.

YLT 'And thus they have returned us word, saying, We [are] 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:

Drby And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the [fn]God 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.

RV 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 finished.
(And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.)

SLT And thus they returned us word, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built of old these many years, and a great king to Israel built and completed.

Wbstr And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was erected these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.

KJB-1769 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.
(And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.)

KJB-1611 And thus they returned vs answere, saying, We are the seruants of the God of heauen and earth, and build the house that was builded these many yeeres agoe, which a great King of Israel builded, and set vp.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps But they aunswered vs with these wordes, and saide: We are the seruauntes of him that is God of heauen and earth, and builde the house that was builded of olde and many yeres ago, which the great king of Israel builded, and set vp.
(But they answered us with these words, and said: We are the servants of him that is God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was built of old and many years ago, which the great king of Israel built, and set up.)

Gnva 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.
(But they answered us thus, and said, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was built of old and many years ago, which a great King of Israel built, and founded it.)

Cvdl But they answered vs wt these wordes, and sayde: We are the seruautes of the God of heauen and earth, and buylde the house yt was buylded many yeares agoo, which a greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp.
(But they answered us with these words, and said: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house it was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.)

Wycl Sotheli thei answeriden bi sich word, and seiden, We ben the seruauntis of God of heuene and of erthe; and we bilden the temple that was bildid bifor these many yeeris, and `which temple the greet kyng of Israel `hadde bildid, and maad.
(Truly they answered by such word, and said, We been the servants of God of heaven and of earth; and we building the temple that was built before these many years, and which temple the great king of Israel had built, and made.)

Luth Sie aber gaben uns solche Worte zur Antwort und sprachen: Wir sind Knechte des Gottes Himmels und der Erde und bauen das Haus, das vorhin vor vielen Jahren gebauet war, das ein großer König Israels gebauet hat und aufgerichtet.
(They/She but gave us/to_us/ourselves such words to/for answer and said: We are servant(s) the God’s heavens and the/of_the earth/land/ground and build the house, the earlier before/in_front_of many years built was, the a large king Israel’s built has and erected.)

ClVg Hujuscemodi autem sermonem responderunt nobis dicentes: Nos sumus servi Dei cæli et terræ, et ædificamus templum, quod erat exstructum ante hos annos multos, quodque rex Israël magnus ædificaverat, et exstruxerat.
(Huyuscemodi however conversation they_answered us saying: We we_are slaves of_God heavens and of_the_earth/land(pl), and buildmus the_temple/sanctuary, that was exstructum before these years many, thatque king Israel big buildverat, and exstruxerat.)

UHB וּ⁠כְנֵ֥מָא פִתְגָמָ֖⁠א הֲתִיב֣וּ⁠נָא לְ⁠מֵמַ֑ר אֲנַ֣חְנָא הִמּ֡וֹ עַבְדוֹ⁠הִי֩ דִֽי־אֱלָ֨הּ שְׁמַיָּ֜⁠א וְ⁠אַרְעָ֗⁠א וּ⁠בָנַ֤יִן בַּיְתָ⁠א֙ דִּֽי־הֲוָ֨א בְנֵ֜ה מִ⁠קַּדְמַ֤ת דְּנָה֙ שְׁנִ֣ין שַׂגִּיאָ֔ן וּ⁠מֶ֤לֶךְ לְ⁠יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ רַ֔ב בְּנָ֖⁠הִי וְ⁠שַׁכְלְלֵֽ⁠הּ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καὶ τοιοῦτο τὸ ῥῆμα ἀπεκρίθησαν ἡμῖν, λέγοντες, ἡμεῖς ἐσμὲν δοῦλοι τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἰκοδομοῦμεν τὸν οἶκον ὃς ἦν ᾠκοδομημένος πρὸ τούτου ἔτη πολλὰ, καὶ βασιλεὺς τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ μέγας ᾠκοδόμησεν αὐτὸν, καὶ κατηρτίσατο αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς.

BrTr And they answered us thus, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which had been built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it, and established it for them.