Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Print Page Options Listen to Ezra 4:7, Daniel 2:4
Close HCSB

Ezra 4:7
Holman Christian Standard Bible

7 During the time of King Artaxerxes of Persia,[a](A) Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic(B) and translated.[b][c]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:7 Artaxerxes reigned 465–425 b.c.
  2. Ezra 4:7 Lit translated. Aramaic:
  3. Ezra 4:7 Ezr 4:8–6:18 is written in Aram.
Listen to Ezra 4:7, Daniel 2:4
Close NIV

Ezra 4:7
New International Version

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes(A) king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. The letter was written in Aramaic script and in the Aramaic(B) language.[a][b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:7 Or written in Aramaic and translated
  2. Ezra 4:7 The text of 4:8–6:18 is in Aramaic.
Listen to Ezra 4:7, Daniel 2:4
Close KJV

Ezra 4:7
King James Version

7 And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.

Read full chapter
Listen to Ezra 4:7, Daniel 2:4
Close NKJV

Ezra 4:7
New King James Version

7 In the days of (A)Artaxerxes also, [a]Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabel, and the rest of their companions wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the letter was written in (B)Aramaic script, and translated into the Aramaic language.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:7 Or in peace
Listen to Ezra 4:7, Daniel 2:4
Close ESV

Ezra 4:7
English Standard Version

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

7 In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and (A)Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written (B)in Aramaic and translated.[a]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Ezra 4:7 Hebrew written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic, indicating that 4:8–6:18 is in Aramaic; another interpretation is The letter was written in the Aramaic script and set forth in the Aramaic language
Next
Ezra 3
Ezra 5
Next
Previous Next
Close HCSB

Daniel 2:4
Holman Christian Standard Bible

4 The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic[a](A) begins here): “May the king live forever.(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:4 Dn 2:4–7:28 is written in Aram.
Close NIV

Daniel 2:4
New International Version

4 Then the astrologers answered the king,[a](A) “May the king live forever!(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:4 At this point the Hebrew text has in Aramaic, indicating that the text from here through the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic.
Close KJV

Daniel 2:4
King James Version

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

Read full chapter
Close NKJV

Daniel 2:4
New King James Version

4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, (A)“O[a] king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:4 The original language of Daniel 2:4b through 7:28 is Aramaic.
Close ESV

Daniel 2:4
English Standard Version

4 Then (A)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,[a] (B)“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Daniel 2:4 The text from this point to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic
Next
Daniel 1
Daniel 3
Next
dropdown
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville Tennessee. All rights reserved.

New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV

King James Version (KJV)

Public Domain

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Learn the Bible in 30 days
English Standard Version (ESV)

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

ESV Study Bible