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Ezra 5:11

9 So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

10 We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

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.

13 In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

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BSB
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.
KJV
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
WEB
Thus they returned us answer, saying, “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are building the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.
ASV
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are building the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished.
DARBY
And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of the heavens and the earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago; and a great king of Israel built and completed it.
BLB
And thus they returned us an answer, saying, “We are servants of the God of the heavens and earth, and we are rebuilding the house that was built many years before this, and a great king of Israel built it and completed it.
ÅB
Dette var det svar de gav oss: Vi er tjenere for himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger opp igjen det hus som allerede for mange år siden var bygget her; det var en stor konge i Israel som bygget det og fullførte det.
OTB
Deres svar til oss var: ‘Vi er himmelens og jordens Guds tjenere, og vi gjenoppbygger tempelet som ble bygget for mange år siden, som en stor konge av Israel bygde og fullførte.
B1930
Dette var det svar de gav oss: Vi er tjenere for himmelens og jordens Gud, og vi bygger op igjen det hus som allerede for mange år siden var bygget her; det var en stor konge i Israel som bygget det og fullførte det.

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  • Matthew 10:32

    Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

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  • Acts 27:23

    For just last night an angel of God, whose I am and whom I serve, stood beside me

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  • Jonah 1:9

    “I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”

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  • Galatians 6:14

    But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

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  • Luke 12:8

    I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

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  • Daniel 3:26

    Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,

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  • Romans 6:16

    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?

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  • Joshua 24:15

    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

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