Ezra 5:10
8 Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.
9 So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
11 And this is the answer they returned: “We are 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.
12 But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.
- KJV
- We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
- WEB
- We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
- ASV
- We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.
- DARBY
- We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
- BLB
- And also their names we asked of them, to inform you, that we might write the names of the men who [were] at their head.
- ÅB
- Vi spurte dem også hva de hette, så vi kunne la deg få vite det og skrive opp for deg navnene på de menn som er deres overhoder.
- OTB
- Vi ba også om deres navn for å informere deg, slik at vi kunne registrere navnene på lederne for din kunnskap.
- B1930
- Vi spurte dem også hvad de hette, så vi kunde la dig få vite det og skrive op for dig navnene på de menn som er deres overhoder.