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Ezra 5:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?

Ezra 5:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ezra 5:4

Theological / Devotional

Then said we unto them. The LXX reads, “Then said they [Tatnai and Shetharb-boznai] to them [the Jews].” The Aramaic clearly reads “we” rather than “they,” but such a reading cannot be harmonized with the context. It seems preferable to read “they,” thus making the first part of v. 4 a statement introducing the question of the latter part of the verse as one asked by Tatnai and Shethar-boznai (see vs. 6, 10).

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