14 He also took from the temple in Babylon the gold and silver articles of God’s house that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and carried them to the temple in Babylon.(A) He released them from the temple in Babylon to a man named Sheshbazzar, the governor by the appointment of King Cyrus.(B)

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14 He even removed from the temple[a] of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple[b] in Babylon.(A) Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar,(B) whom he had appointed governor,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 5:14 Or palace
  2. Ezra 5:14 Or palace

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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16 Then this same Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of God’s house in Jerusalem.(A) It has been under construction from that time until now,(B) but it has not been completed.

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16 “So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God(A) in Jerusalem. From that day to the present it has been under construction but is not yet finished.”

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16 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.

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