Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
they sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus: Unto Darius the king, all peace.
WEB
The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.
YLT
A letter they have sent unto him, and thus is it written in it:
DBT
They sent a report to him in which was written thus: To Darius the king, all peace!
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