Ezra 5:9 - Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Then we asked those elders, Who authorized you to build this house and restore these walls?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

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?

Common English Bible

We asked those elders, “Who authorized you to build this house and to complete the preparation of this material?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

Therefore, we questioned those elders, and we spoke to them in this way: 'Who has given authority to you, so that you would build this house and repair these walls?'