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Tattenai’s Letter to Darius

Ezra 5:13

In 11 translations

BSB
In his first year, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
KJV
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
WEB
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
ASV
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
LSV
but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,
YLT
but in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God,
DBY
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, king Cyrus gave orders to build this house of God.Elohim
DRC
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, king Cyrus set forth a decree, that this house of God should be built.
GNV
But in the first yere of Cyrus King of Babel, King Cyrus made a decree to buylde this house of God.
JPS
But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a decree to build this house of God.
LXXE
And in the first year of king Cyrus, Cyrus the king made a decree that this house of God should be built.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּרַם֙ בִּשְׁנַ֣ת חֲדָ֔ה לְכ֥וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֖א דִּ֣י בָבֶ֑ל כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙ שָׂ֣ם טְעֵ֔ם בֵּית־אֱלָהָ֥א דְנָ֖ה לִבְּנֵֽא׃
LXX-Br
Αλλʼ ἐν ἔτει πρώτῳ Κύρου τοῦ βασιλέως, Κύρος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθετο γνώμην τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦτον οἰκοδομηθῆναι·

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  • Ezra 1:1–8In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in…
  • Ezra 6:3–5In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty…
  • Isaiah 44:28–45:1who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”

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