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Douay-Rheims
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And they answered us in these words, saying: We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building a temple that was built these many years ago, and which a great king of Israel built and set up.
King James
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And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
Louis Second
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Voici la réponse qu'ils nous ont faite: Nous sommes les serviteurs du Dieu des cieux et de la terre, et nous rebâtissons la maison qui avait été construite il y a bien des années; un grand roi d'Israël l'avait bâtie et achevée
Martin Luther
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Sie aber gaben uns solche Worte zur Antwort und sprachen: Wir sind Knechte des GOttes Himmels und der Erde und bauen das Haus, das vorhin vor vielen Jahren gebauet war, das ein großer König Israels gebauet hat und aufgerichtet.
Vulgate
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huiuscemodi autem sermonem responderunt nobis dicentes nos sumus servi Dei caeli et terrae et aedificamus templum quod erat extructum ante hos annos multos quodque rex Israhel magnus aedificaverat et extruxerat

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


autem : but, on the other hand, however, moreover, also.
nobis : (dat.) us /the world belongs to US.
nobis : (abl.) us /there'll be no one as happy as US.
nos : we /WE live and die by that creed.
nos : us /they tried to tell US we're too young.
caeli : skies, heavens, vault of heauen.
templum : sacred precinct, temple, sometimes church, sanctuary.
quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.
ante : (prep. + acc.) before/ in front of/ (adv.) before, previously.
hos : (masc. plur. acc.) They burned THESE (houses) to the ground.