Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.
WEB
The letter you sent us has been translated and read in my presence.
YLT
The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,
DBT
The letter that ye sent to us has been read before me distinctly.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzra — The return in two waves — Zerubbabel's altar and temple (538 BC) and Ezra's reforming arrival (458 BC). A book about rebuilding — the temple, the Torah-teaching community, and the covenant boundary.
- Author
- Ezra (traditional); the book uses first-person narrative in chs. 7–10
- Date
- Events 538–458 BC; compilation c. mid-5th century BC