Ezra 4:18

Myles Coverdale Bible

The letter which ye sent vnto vs, hath bene opely red 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.

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.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The tribute-gatherer whom ye sent to us, has been called 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 sent ye kynge an answere vnto Rehum the chaunceler, and Simsai the Scrybe, and to the other of their councell that dwelt in Samaria, and vnto the other beyonde ye water. Peace and salutacion. ¹⁸ The letter which ye sent vnto vs, hath bene opely red before me, ¹⁹ and I haue commaunded to make search: and it is founde, that this cite of olde hath made insurreccion agaynst, kynges, & how yt vpror and rebellion hath bene commytted therin. ²⁰ There haue bene mightie kynges also at Ierusale, which haue reigned ouer all that is beyonde the water, and toll, tribute and yearly custome was geuen vnto them. ²¹ Do ye now after this commaundemet, forbyd the same men, that the cite be not builded, tyll I haue geue comaundemet. ²² Take hede now that ye be not necligent here in, lest the kynge haue harme there thorow. ²³ Now wha kynge Artaxerses letter was red before Rehum the chaunceler and Simsai the Scrybe and their councell, they wente vp in all the haist to Ierusalem vnto the Iewes, and forbad them with the arme and auctorite. ²⁴ Then ceassed the worke of the house of God at Ierusalem, and continued so vnto the seconde yeare of Darius kynge of Persia.

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Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
Henoch was fyue and thre score yeare olde, and begat Mathusalah:

Genesis 36:2
Esau toke wyues of the doughters of Canaan. Ada the doughter of Elo the Hethite: & Ahalibama the doughter of Ana, the childes childe of Zibeon the Heuyte:

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.