Ezra 5:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.”

Ezra 5:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 5:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ezra 5:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon.”

Ezra 5:12 — World English Bible

Ezra 5:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.”

Ezra 5:12 — American Standard Version

Ezra 5:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“but after that our fathers made the God of heaven angry, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon the Chaldean, and this house he destroyed, and the people he removed to Babylon;”

Ezra 5:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 5:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“But after that our fathers had provoked the God of the heavens to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, and he destroyed this house, and carried the people away unto Babylon.”

Ezra 5:12 — Darby Translation

Ezra 5:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath, he gaue them ouer into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel the Caldean, and he destroyed this house, and caryed the people away captiue vnto Babel.”

Ezra 5:12 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 5:12 in Context — Ezra 5

10 Y también les preguntamos sus nombres para hacértelo saber, para escribir[te] los nombres de los varones que estaban por cabezas de ellos.

11 Y respondiéronnos, diciendo así: Nosotros somos siervos del Dios del cielo y de la tierra, y reedificamos la casa que ya muchos años antes había sido edificada, la cual edificó y fundó el gran rey de Israel.

12 Mas después que nuestros padres ensañaron al Dios de los cielos, él los entregó en mano de Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia, Caldeo, el cual destruyó esta casa, é hizo trasportar el pueblo á Babilonia.

13 Empero el primer año de Ciro rey de Babilonia, el [mismo] rey Ciro dió mandamiento para que esta casa de Dios fuese edificada.

14 Y también los vasos de oro y de plata de la casa de Dios, que Nabucodonosor había sacado del templo que estaba en Jerusalem, y los había metido en el templo de Babilonia, el rey Ciro los sacó del templo de Babilonia, y fueron entregados á Sesbassar, al cual había puesto por gobernador;

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What Does Ezra 5:12 Mean?

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