9 We questioned the elders and asked them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and to finish it?”

9 Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?

9 “We asked the leaders, ‘Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?’

9 Then we asked those elders, and spoke thus to them: “Who commanded you to build this temple and to finish these walls?”

9 We asked their elders, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and these walls?”

9 Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall?

9 Then asked we those elders: thus we said to them, Who gave you orders to build this house and to complete this wall?

9 We asked their leaders the following question: “Who gave you permission to rebuild this temple and finish its walls?”

9 So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who gave you the order to rebuild this temple and finish this structure?”

9 Then we spoke to those elders and asked them, ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’

9 We asked the elders some questions. We said to them, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple? Who told you that you could make this building like new again?”

9 “Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, ‘Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?’