Ezra 4:8 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEzra 4:8 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
רְח֣וּם
Rᵉchûwm
H7348
Rehum
בְּעֵל
bᵉʻêl
H1169
lord
טְעֵ֗ם
ṭᵉʻêm
H2942
decree
וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙
Shimshay
H8124
Shimshai
סָֽפְרָ֔א
çâphêr
H5613
scribe
כְּתַ֛בוּ
kᵉthab
H3790
to write
אִגְּרָ֥ה
ʼiggᵉrâʼ
H104
letter
חֲדָ֖ה
chad
H2298
a
עַל
ʻal
H5922
upon
יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם
Yᵉrûwshâlêm
H3390
Jerusalem
לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא
ʼArtachshashtâʼ
H783
Artaxerxes
מַלְכָּ֖א
melek
H4430
king
כְּנֵֽמָא
kᵉnêmâʼ
H3660
thus
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World English Bible Public Domain
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
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King James Version Public Domain
Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Rehum, a lord of decree, and Shimshai the scribe wrote one letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).