5:2 |
tNIV | Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them. | Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua Joshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping supporting them. | Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua Joshua son of Jozadak set to work to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping supporting them. |
5:3 |
tNIV | At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?” | At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure to finish it?” | At that time Tattenai, governor of Trans-Euphrates, and Shethar-Bozenai and their associates went to them and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure to finish it?” |
5:4 |
tNIV | They also asked, “What are the names of the men constructing this building?” | They also asked, “What are the names of the men those who are constructing this building?” | They also asked, “What are the names of the men those who are constructing this building?” |
5:9 |
tNIV | We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?” | We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure to finish it?” | We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure to finish it?” |
5:12 |
tNIV | But because our fathers angered the God of heaven, he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon. | But because our fathers ancestors angered the God of heaven, he handed gave them over to into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon. | But because our fathers ancestors angered the God of heaven, he handed gave them over to into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon. |
5:14 |
tNIV | He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon. “Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor, | He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon. “Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor, | He even removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple in Babylon. “Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor, |
5:16 |
tNIV | So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.” | “So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.” | “So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.” |