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?
Then asked we those Elders, and said vnto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make vp these walles?
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- Ezra 5:3–4Rank 1 from verse 9
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?
4Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
3¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai, gouernour on this side the Riuer, and Shethar-Boznai, and their companions, and said thus vnto them; Who hath commaunded you to build this house, and to make vp this wall?
4Then said wee vnto them after this maner, What are the names of the men †that make this building?
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Ezra 5:9
Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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Ordered; directed.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
To construct, rest or depend on as a foundation.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
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Structures enclosing, dividing, or defending a place.
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8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
8Be it knowen vnto the king, that we went into the prouince of Iudea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with †great stones, & timber is laied in the wals, and this worke goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
9Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
9Then asked we those Elders, and said vnto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make vp these walles?
Selected passage10We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
10We asked their names also, to certifie thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chiefe of them.