Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Ezra 5:9 in English Standard Version "Then we asked those elders and spoke to them thus: ‘Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?’" Ezr 5:3 At the same time Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and their associates came to them and spoke to them thus: “Who gave you a decree to build this house and to finish this structure?”