Bible in Basic English
"And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them."
— Ezra 5:10, Bible in Basic English
“We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.”
“We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them. ”
“We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at the head of them.”
“We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders.”
“We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice: and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them.”
“We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.”
They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:
This is to give the king word that we went into the land of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is made of great stones, and has its walls supported with wood, and the work is going on with industry, and they are doing it well.
Then we said to the men responsible, who gave you authority for the building of this house and these walls?
And we made request for their names, so that we might send you word, and give you the names of the men at the head of them.
And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.
But when the God of heaven was moved to wrath by our fathers, he gave them up into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, the Chaldaean, who sent destruction on this house and took the people away into Babylon.
But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;