Ezra 5:7

Green's Literal Translation

They sent a letter to him, and this was written in it: To Darius the king, all peace.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They sent him a report, written as follows:

Hebrew Names Version
they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Daryavesh the king, all shalom.

King James Version
They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

English Standard Version
They sent him a report, in which was written as follows: "To Darius the king, all peace.

New Century Version
This is what was said in the report they sent to him: To King Darius. Greetings. May you have peace.

New English Translation
The report they sent to him was written as follows: "To King Darius: All greetings!

Amplified Bible
They sent a report to him in which it was written: "To Darius the king, all peace.

New American Standard Bible
They sent the report to him in which it was written as follows: "To Darius the king, all peace.

World English Bible
they sent a letter to him, in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.

Geneva Bible (1587)
They sent a letter vnto him, wherein it was written thus, Vnto Darivs the King, all peace.

Legacy Standard Bible
They sent word to him in which it was written thus: "To Darius the king, all peace.

Berean Standard Bible
The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.

Contemporary English Version
which said: King Darius, we wish you the best!

Complete Jewish Bible
they sent him a letter in which it was written: "To Daryavesh the king, "Complete shalom!"

Darby Translation
They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!

Easy-to-Read Version
This is a copy of that letter: To King Darius. Greetings:

George Lamsa Translation
They sent a letter to him wherein was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.

Good News Translation
"To Emperor Darius, may you rule in peace.

Lexham English Bible
They sent to him the report in which was written as follows: "To Darius the king, all peace.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And these are the wordes that they sent vnto him: Vnto Darius the kynge, all peace.

American Standard Version
they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: Unto Darius the king, all peace.

Bible in Basic English
They sent him a letter saying, To Darius the king, all peace:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the matter that they sent vnto him, was written thus within the letter: Unto Darius the king, all peace.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: 'Unto Darius the king, all peace.

King James Version (1611)
They sent a letter vnto him, wherein was written thus: Unto Darius the king, all peace.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They sent an account to him, and thus it was written in it:

English Revised Version
they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The word which thei senten to hym was writun thus; Al pees be to the kyng Darius.

Update Bible Version
they sent a letter to him, wherein was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace.

Webster's Bible Translation
They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus; To Darius the king, all peace.

New King James Version
(They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus) To Darius the king: All peace.

New Living Translation
"To King Darius. Greetings.

New Life Bible
It said: "To Darius the king, all peace.

New Revised Standard
they sent him a report, in which was written as follows: "To Darius the king, all peace!

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
a message, sent they unto him, - and, thus, was it written therein, Unto Darius the king, all prosperity!

Douay-Rheims Bible
The letter which they sent him, was written thus: To Darius the king all peace.

Revised Standard Version
they sent him a report, in which was written as follows: "To Darius the king, all peace.

Young's Literal Translation
A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They sent a report to him in which it was written thus: "To Darius the king, all peace.

Contextual Overview

³ At that time Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River, and Shethar-boznai, and their associates, came to them, and said this to them: Who has commanded you to build this house and to complete this structure? ⁴ Then we spoke to them in this way, What are they, the names of the men building this building? ⁵ But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they could not cause them to stop until the matter came to Darius. And then they sent back a letter concerning this. ⁶ The copy of the letter which Tatnai, governor of the province Beyond the River, and Shethar-boznai, and his associates the officials who were Beyond the River, sent to Darius the king: ⁷ They sent a letter to him, and this was written in it: To Darius the king, all peace. ⁸ Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, and it is being built with rolling stones, and timber is being laid in the walls, and thatwork is being done perfectly, and is prosperingin their hands. ⁹ Then we asked those elders, saying this to them, Who commanded you to rebuild this house, and to complete this structure? ¹⁰ And we also asked their names in order to inform you so that we might write the names of the men who are at their heads. ¹¹ And they returned the answer to us this way, saying, We are servants of the God of Heaven and earth. And we are rebuilding the house that was built many years before this, and the great king of Israel built it and finished it. ¹² But because our fathers had provoked to wrath the God of Heaven, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, and he tore down this house, and he exiled its people to Babylon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wherein: Chal, in the midst whereof

all peace: Ezra 4:17, Daniel 3:9, Daniel 4:1, Daniel 6:21, John 14:27, 2 Thessalonians 3:16

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus,.... Or this was the inscription of it:

unto Darius the king, all peace; wishing him all kind of happiness and prosperity.