Ezra 5:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzra 5:9 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אֱדַ֗יִן
ʼĕdayin
H116
then
שְׁאֵ֨לְנָא֙
shᵉʼêl
H7593
to ask
לְשָׂבַיָּ֣א
sîyb
H7868
elder
אִלֵּ֔ךְ
ʼillêk
H479
these
כְּנֵ֖מָא
kᵉnêmâʼ
H3660
thus
אֲמַ֣רְנָא
ʼămar
H560
to say
לְּהֹ֑ם
מַן
mân
H4479
who
שָׂ֨ם
sûwm
H7761
to make
לְכֹ֜ם
טְעֵ֗ם
ṭᵉʻêm
H2942
decree
בַּיְתָ֤א
bayith
H1005
house
דְנָה֙
dên
H1836
this
לְמִבְנְיָ֔ה
bᵉnâʼ
H1124
to build
וְאֻשַּׁרְנָ֥א
ʼushsharnâʼ
H846
wall
דְנָ֖ה
dên
H1836
this
לְשַׁכְלָלָֽה
kᵉlal
H3635
to finish
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?
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King James Version Public Domain
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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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Then we asked these elders, we said thus to them, ‘Who set a decree for you to build this house and to complete this structure?’
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).