Ezra 5:11
ContextNET © | 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 1 of Israel built it and completed it. |
NIV © | This is the answer they gave us: "We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, one that a great king of Israel built and finished. |
NASB © | "Thus they answered us, saying, ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished. |
NLT © | "This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel. |
MSG © | This is what they told us: "We are servants of the God of the heavens and the earth. We are rebuilding The Temple that was built a long time ago. A great king of Israel built it, the entire structure. |
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. |
NRSV © | This was their reply to us: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished. |
NKJV © | And thus they returned us an answer, saying: "We are the 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. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | They responded <08421> to us in the following <03660> way <06600> : ‘We <0586> are <01994> servants <05649> of the God <0426> of heaven <08065> and earth <0772> . We are rebuilding <01124> the temple <01005> which <01768> was <01934> previously built <01124> many <07690> years <08140> ago <06928> . A great <07229> king <04430> of Israel <03479> built <01124> it and completed it.<03635> |
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 1 of Israel built it and completed it. |
NET © Notes |
1 sn This great king of Israel would, of course, be Solomon. |