We inquired of those elders, asking them, ‘Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?’

biblegateway Ezr 5:9

"Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’

So we questioned the elders and asked, "Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?"

We asked their leaders the following question: "Who gave you permission to rebuild this temple and finish its walls?"

biblegateway Ezr 5:9

We questioned the elders and asked them, "Who authorised you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?"

Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus, 'Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?'

bibleoremus Ezr 5:9

Then we spoke to those elders and asked them, ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

We then enquired of them by whose authority they were building this house and completing the furnishings.

biblegateway Ezr 5:9

Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: "Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?"

Then asked we those elders, [and] said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

biblegateway Ezr 5:9