Ezra 5:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezra 5:13

11 And thus they returned us an answer, saying: “We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the¹ temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built ^aand completed.

12 But ^abecause our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of ^bNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and ^ccarried the people away to Babylon.

13 However, in the first year of ^aCyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this¹ house of God.

14 Also, ^athe gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into the temple of Babylon—those King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to ^bone named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor.

15 And he said to him, ‘Take these articles; go, carry them to the temple site that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its former site.’

16 Then the same Sheshbazzar came and ^alaid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; but from that time even until now it has been under construction, and ^bit is not finished.”

17 Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, ^alet a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us his pleasure concerning this matter.

Verse Comparison: Ezra 5:13

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American Standard Version
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.

Amplified® Bible
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, the same King Cyrus made a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Contemporary English Version
took its gold and silver articles, and put them in the temple of his own god in Babylon. They also said that during the first year Cyrus was king of Babylonia, he gave orders for God's temple to be rebuilt in Jerusalem where it had stood before. So Cyrus appointed Sheshbazzar governor of Judah and sent these gold and silver articles for him to put in the temple.

Darby English Version
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.

Good News Bible
Then in the first year of the reign of King Cyrus as emperor of Babylonia, Cyrus issued orders for the Temple to be rebuilt.

King James Version
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

New American Standard Bible
`However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

New International Version
"However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

New King James Version
However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Revised Standard Version
However in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt.

Young's Literal Translation
but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,

New English Translation
But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon,¹ King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God.

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