Ezra 5:5

5:5 But God was watching over ¹  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped ²  until a report could be dispatched ³  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

Ezra 5:8

5:8 Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, ⁴  and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands.

[5:5]  ¹ tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

[5:5]  ² tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

[5:8]  ⁴ tn Aram “stones of rolling.” The reference is apparently to stones too large to carry.