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Ezra Chapter 5 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Ezra 5:4

Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were that were making this building.
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BBE Ezra 5:4

Then they said these words to them: What are the names of the men who are at work on this building?
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DARBY Ezra 5:4

And they said to them after this manner: What are the names of the men that build this building?
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KJV Ezra 5:4

Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
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WBT Ezra 5:4

Then said we to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?
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WEB Ezra 5:4

Then we told them after this manner, what the names of the men were who were making this building.
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YLT Ezra 5:4

Then thus we have said to them, `What `are' the names of the men who are building this building?'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Then said we unto them. It is impossible that the existing text can be sound here. Ezra must have written, "Then said they to them." Tatnai and Shethar-boznai followed up their first question by a second, "What are the names of the men that make this building?" (comp. below, vers. 9, 10).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Then said we.--The LXX. must here have read, "then said they." But there is no need to change the text; the sentence is not a question, but a statement: "we said to the effect, what the names were."What are the names of the men . . .?--It is clear that this graphic account is much compressed. We must understand (see Ezra 5:10) that the authorities demanded the names of the chief promoters of the building in order to make them responsible.