Ezra 5:7

Good News Translation

"To Emperor Darius, may you rule in 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.

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

Literal Translation
They sent a letter to him, and this was written in it: 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 Almost at once Governor Tattenai of West-of-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their fellow officials came to Jerusalem and demanded: "Who gave you orders to build this Temple and equip it?" ⁴ They also asked for the names of all the men who were helping build the Temple. ⁵ But God was watching over the Jewish leaders, and the Persian officials decided to take no action until they could write to Emperor Darius and receive a reply. ⁶ This is the report that they sent to the emperor: ⁷ "To Emperor Darius, may you rule in peace. ⁸ "Your Majesty should know that we went to the province of Judah and found that the Temple of the great God is being rebuilt with large stone blocks and with wooden beams set in the wall. The work is being done with great care and is moving ahead steadily. ⁹ "We then asked the leaders of the people to tell us who had given them authority to rebuild the Temple and to equip it. ¹⁰ We also asked them their names so that we could inform you who the leaders of this work are. ¹¹ "They answered, ‘We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple which was originally built and equipped many years ago by a powerful king of Israel. ¹² But because our ancestors made the God of Heaven angry, he let them be conquered by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia, a king of the Chaldean dynasty. The Temple was destroyed, and the people were taken into exile in Babylonia.

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.