Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. New Living Translation However, King Cyrus of Babylon, during the first year of his reign, issued a decree that the Temple of God should be rebuilt. English Standard Version However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt. Berean Standard Bible In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. King James Bible But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. New King James Version However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God. New American Standard Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. NASB 1995 ‘However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. NASB 1977 ‘However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. Legacy Standard Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. Amplified Bible But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, [the same] King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. Christian Standard Bible However, in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, he issued a decree to rebuild the house of God. Holman Christian Standard Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, he issued a decree to rebuild the house of God. American Standard Version But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. Aramaic Bible in Plain English However in the first year of Kurash King of Persia, Kurash the King appointed the law to build this house of God. Brenton Septuagint Translation And in the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be built. Douay-Rheims Bible But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth al decree, that this house of God should be built. English Revised Version But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. GOD'S WORD® Translation "However, in the first year of the reign of King Cyrus of Babylon, Cyrus gave permission for God's temple to be rebuilt. Good News Translation Then in the first year of the reign of King Cyrus as emperor of Babylonia, Cyrus issued orders for the Temple to be rebuilt. International Standard Version However, during King Cyrus' first year—that same King Cyrus of Babylon—issued a decree to reconstruct this Temple of God. JPS Tanakh 1917 But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. Literal Standard Version but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God, Majority Standard Bible In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. New American Bible However, in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree for the rebuilding of this house of God. NET Bible But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God. New Revised Standard Version However, King Cyrus of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, made a decree that this house of God should be rebuilt. New Heart English Bible But in the first year of Kurush king of Babylon, Kurush the king made a decree to build this house of God. Webster's Bible Translation But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. World English Bible But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God. Young's Literal Translation but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Tattenai's Letter to Darius…12But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon. 13In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. 14He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor… Cross References Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows: Ezra 6:3 In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide, Ezra 6:14 So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia. Jeremiah 27:22 They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,' declares the LORD. 'Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.'" Treasury of Scripture But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. Ezra 1:1-8 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, … Ezra 6:3-5 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; … Isaiah 44:28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. Jump to Previous Babylon Build Building Cyrus Decree First House However Issued Order Orders Rebuild RebuiltJump to Next Babylon Build Building Cyrus Decree First House However Issued Order Orders Rebuild RebuiltEzra 5 1. Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai and Zechariah, set forward to building3. Tattenai and Shethar-Bozenai are not able to hinder the Jews 6. Their letter to Darius against the Jews Verse 13. - In the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon. Recent discoveries of contract tablets have shown that at Babylon Cyrus bore the title of "king of Babylon" from the date of his conquest of the city. The same title was passed on to his successors, Cambyses, Darius, etc. Hence we find Artaxerxes Longimanus called "king of Babylon" by Nehemiah (Nehemiah 13:6). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew However,בְּרַם֙ (bə·ram) Conjunction Strong's 1297: Highly, surely, however in his first חֲדָ֔ה (ḥă·ḏāh) Number - feminine singular Strong's 2298: As card, one, single, first, at once year, בִּשְׁנַ֣ת (biš·naṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8140: A year Cyrus לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ (lə·ḵō·w·reš) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3567: Cyrus -- a person king king מַלְכָּ֖א (mal·kā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 4430: A king of דִּ֣י (dî) Pronoun - relative Strong's 1768: Who, which, that, because Babylon בָבֶ֑ל (ḇā·ḇel) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 895: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city issued שָׂ֣ם (śām) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7761: To set, make a decree טְעֵ֔ם (ṭə·‘êm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2942: Flavor, judgment, account to rebuild לִבְּנֵֽא׃ (lib·bə·nê) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1124: To build this דְנָ֖ה (ḏə·nāh) Pronoun - masculine singular Strong's 1836: This house בֵּית־ (bêṯ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1005: A house of God. אֱלָהָ֥א (’ĕ·lā·hā) Noun - masculine singular determinate Strong's 426: God Links Ezra 5:13 NIVEzra 5:13 NLT Ezra 5:13 ESV Ezra 5:13 NASB Ezra 5:13 KJV Ezra 5:13 BibleApps.com Ezra 5:13 Biblia Paralela Ezra 5:13 Chinese Bible Ezra 5:13 French Bible Ezra 5:13 Catholic Bible OT History: Ezra 5:13 But in the first year of Cyrus (Ezr. 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