Parallel GES 6:11

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B I ◄ ← Ges 6:11 ↓ → ► ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

BrLXX Τότε ἐπυνθανόμεθα τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τούτων, λέγοντες, τίνος ὑμῖν προστάξαντος οἰκοδομεῖτε τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον, καὶ τὰ ἔργα ταῦτα θεμελιοῦτε;
(Tote epunthanometha tōn presbuterōn toutōn, legontes, tinos humin prostaxantos oikodomeite ton oikon touton, kai ta erga tauta themelioute; )

BrTr Then asked we these elders, saying, By whose commandment build ye this house, and lay the foundations of these works?

WEBBE Then asked we these elders, saying, ‘By whose authority are you building this house and laying the foundations of these works?’

KJB-1611 Then asked wee these Elders, saying, By whose commaundement builde you this house, and lay the foundations of these workes?
(Then asked we these Elders, saying, By whose commandment build you this house, and lay the foundations of these works?)