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Read›Ezra›Chapter 5

Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Ezra 5:10

In 11 translations

BSB
We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.Aramaic the names of the men at their heads
KJV
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
WEB
We asked them their names also, to inform you that we might write the names of the men who were at their head.
ASV
We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.
LSV
And also their names we have asked of them, to let you know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head.
YLT
And also their names we have asked of them, to let thee know, that we might write the names of the men who [are] at their head.
DBY
We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
DRC
We asked also of them their names, that we might give thee notice: and we have written the names of the men that are the chief among them.
GNV
We asked their names also, that we might certifie thee, and that we might write the names of the men that were their rulers.
JPS
We asked them their names also, to announce to thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them.
LXXE
And we asked them their names, in order to declare them to thee, so as to write to thee the names of their leading men.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and Ben Chaim’s Second Rabbinic Bible reads לְהֹ֖ם; Leningrad Codex and Aleppo Codex reads לְּהֹ֖ם (“to them”).

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
וְאַ֧ף שְׁמָהָתְהֹ֛ם שְׁאֵ֥לְנָא לְּהֹ֖ם לְהוֹדָעוּתָ֑ךְ דִּ֛י נִכְתֻּ֥ב שֻׁם־גֻּבְרַיָּ֖א דִּ֥י בְרָאשֵׁיהֹֽם׃We read the punctuation in L differently from BHQ.We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
LXX-Br
Καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἠρωτήσαμεν αὐτοὺς γνωρίσαι σοι, ὥστε γράψαι σοι τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀρχόντων αὐτῶν.

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