Ezra 5:16New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘Then that Sheshbazzar came [and] laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem; and from then until now it has been under construction and it is not [yet] completed.’
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God which is at Jerusalem; and since that time even until now has it been in building, and it is not completed.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Then, this Sheshbazzar, came, he laid the foundations of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem,—and, since then, even until now, it hath been in building, and is not finished.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Then hath this Sheshbazzar come—he hath laid the foundations of the house of God that [is] in Jerusalem, and from thence even till now it hath been building, and is not finished.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Then came this same Sassabasar, and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it is in building, and is not yet finished.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Then came the same Sheshbazzar ? layde the foundation of the house of God, which is in Ierusalem, and since that time euen vntill nowe, hath it bene in buylding, yet is it not finished.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God, which [is] in Ierusalem. And since that time, euen vntill now, hath it bin in building, & [yet] it is not finished.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Then the same Sheshmazzar came and laid the foundation of this temple which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now it has been in building, and yet it is not finished.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Then that Sabanazar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem: and from that time even until now it has been building, and has not been finished.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Then came the same Sheshbatztzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of Elah which [is] in Yerushalaim: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished. |
Then
116 {0116} Primeאֱדַיִן'edayin{ed-ah'-yin}
(Chaldee); of uncertain derivation; then (of time).
came
858 {0858} Primeאָתָה'athah{aw-thaw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H0857.
z8754 <8754> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 231
the same
1791 {1791} Primeדֵּךְdek{dake}
(Chaldee); prolonged from H1668; this.
Šëšbaxxar
שֵׁשׁבַּצַּר,
8340 {8340} PrimeשֵׁשׁבַצַּרSheshbatstsar{shaysh-bats-tsar'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H8339.
[ and] laid
3052 {3052} Primeיְהָבy@hab{yeh-hab'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3051.
z8754 <8754> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 231
the foundation
787 {0787} Primeאֻשָּׁא'osh{ohsh}
(Chaldee); corresponding (by transposition and abbreviation) to H0803; a foundation.
of
x1768 (1768) Complementדִּיdiy{dee}
(Chaldee); apparently for H1668; that, used as relative, conjugational, and especially (with preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as a preposition of.
the house
1005 {1005} Primeבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H1004.
of
´Éläh
אֱלָה
426 {0426} Primeאֱלָהּ'elahh{el-aw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H0433; God.
which
x1768 (1768) Complementדִּיdiy{dee}
(Chaldee); apparently for H1668; that, used as relative, conjugational, and especially (with preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as a preposition of.
[ is] in
Yærûšälaim
יְרוּשָׁלִַם:
3390 {3390} PrimeירוּשְׁלֶםY@ruwshalem{yer-oo-shaw-lame'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3389.
and since
4481 {4481} Primeמִןmin{min}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H4480.
that time
116 {0116} Primeאֱדַיִן'edayin{ed-ah'-yin}
(Chaldee); of uncertain derivation; then (of time).
even until
5705 {5705} Primeעַד`ad{ad}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H5704.
now
3705 {3705} Primeכְּעַןk@`an{keh-an'}
(Chaldee); probably from H3652; now.
hath it been in building,
1124 {1124} Primeבְּנָאb@na'{ben-aw'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H1129; to build.
z8732 <8732> Grammar
Stem - Ithpeil (See H8831) Mood - Participle (See H8813) Count - 2
and [ yet] it is not
3809 {3809} Primeלָאla'{law}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H3808.
finished.
8000 {8000} Primeשְׁלִםsh@lam{shel-am'}
(Chaldee); corresponding to H7999; to complete, to restore.
z8752 <8752> Grammar
Stem - Peal (See H8837) Mood - Participle Passive (See H8815) Count - 51 |
Ezra 5:16
_ _ Then came ... Shesh-bazzar ... since that time even until now hath it been in building — This was not a part of the Jews’ answer — they could not have said this, knowing the building had long ceased. But Tatnai used these expressions in his report, either looking on the stoppage as a temporary interruption, or supposing that the Jews were always working a little, as they had means and opportunities. |
- Sheshbazzar:
Ezra 5:14 And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto [one], whose name [was] Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor;
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- laid:
Ezra 5:2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God helping them.
Ezra 3:8 Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.
Ezra 3:10 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.
Haggai 1:12-14 Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. ... And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,
Haggai 2:18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month, even] from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider [it].
Zechariah 4:10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel [with] those seven; they [are] the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth.
, am 3468-3485, bc 536-519
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- it is not finished:
Ezra 6:15 And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
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