Ezra 4:18

Brenton's Septuagint

The tribute-gatherer whom ye sent to us, has been called before me.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.

Hebrew Names Version
The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

King James Version
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

English Standard Version
the letter that you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

New Century Version
The letter you sent to us has been translated and read to me.

New English Translation
The letter you sent to us has been translated and read in my presence.

Amplified Bible
The document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.

New American Standard Bible
the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.

World English Bible
The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The letter which yee sent vnto vs, hath bene openly read before me,

Legacy Standard Bible
the document which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

Berean Standard Bible
The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.

Contemporary English Version
After your letter was translated and read to me,

Complete Jewish Bible
"The letter you sent us has now been translated for me.

Darby Translation
The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.

Easy-to-Read Version
The letter you sent us has been translated and read to me.

George Lamsa Translation
When the letter which you sent to us arrived it was plainly read before me,

Good News Translation
"The letter which you sent has been translated and read to me.

Lexham English Bible
the letter that you sent to us has been translated and read before me.

Literal Translation
the letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The letter which ye sent vnto vs, hath bene opely red before me,

American Standard Version
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Bible in Basic English
And now the sense of the letter which you sent to us has been made clear to me,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The letter which ye sent vnto vs, hath ben openly read before me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
the letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

King James Version (1611)
The letter, which ye sent vnto vs, hath bene plainly read before me.

English Revised Version
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The accusyng, which ye senten to vs, was red opynli bifor me;

Update Bible Version
The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

Webster's Bible Translation
The letter which ye sent to us hath been plainly read before me.

New King James Version
The letter which you sent to us has been clearly read before me.

New Living Translation
"The letter you sent has been translated and read to me.

New Life Bible
The letter you sent to us has been put into our language and read to me.

New Revised Standard
the letter that you sent to us has been read in translation before me.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The letter which ye sent unto us, was distinctly read before me;

Douay-Rheims Bible
The accusation, which you have sent to us, hath been plainly read before me,

Revised Standard Version
the letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me.

Young's Literal Translation
The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ Then the king sent to Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and the rest of their fellow-servants who dwelt in Samaria, and the rest beyond the river, saying,Peace; and he says, ¹⁸ The tribute-gatherer whom ye sent to us, has been called before me. ¹⁹ And a decree has been made by me, and we have examined, and found that city of old time exalts itself against kings, and that rebellions and desertions take place within it. ²⁰ And there were powerful kings in Jerusalem, and they ruled over all the country beyond the river, and abundant revenues and tribute were given to them. ²¹ Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built. ²² See that ye be careful of the decree, not to be remiss concerning this matter, lest at any time destruction should abound to the harm of kings. ²³ Then the tribute-gatherer of king Arthasastha read the letter before Reum the chancellor, and Sampsa the scribe, and his fellow-servants: and they went in haste to Jerusalem and through Juda, and caused them to cease with horses and an armed force. ²⁴ Then ceased the work of the house of God in Jerusalem, and it was at a stand until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians.

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Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and begat Mathusala.

Genesis 36:2
And Esau took to himself wives of the daughters of the Chananites; Ada, the daughter of Ælom the Chettite; and Olibema, daughter of Ana the son of Sebegon, the Evite;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The letter which ye sent unto us,.... The plural number is used, being now become courtly for kings thus to speak of themselves:

hath been plainly before me; by such that understood both the Syrian and Persian languages; the letter was written in the Syrian language, and the king being a Persian, it was necessary it should be interpreted and explained to him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hath been ... read - It is doubtful if the Persian monarchs could ordinarily read. At any rate, it was their habit to have documents read to them (compare Esther 6:1). This is still the ordinary practice in Eastern courts.