Ezra 5:5-7

5:5 But God was watching over ¹  the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped ²  until a report could be dispatched ³  to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

5:6 This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius. 5:7 The report they sent to him was written as follows: ⁴ 

“To King Darius: All greetings! ⁵ 

[5:5]  ¹ tn Aram “the eye of their God was on.” The idiom describes the attentive care that one exercises in behalf of the object of his concern.

[5:5]  ² tn Aram “they did not stop them.”

[5:5]  ³ tn Aram “[could] go.” On this form see F. Rosenthal, Grammar, 58, §169.

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Aram “and it was written in its midst.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Aram “all peace.”