American Standard Version (ASV):
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.
King James Version (KJV):
Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect [peace], and at such a time.
American Standard Version (ASV):
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, that are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.
King James Version (KJV):
I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and [of] his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Jehovah, and of his statutes to Israel:
King James Version (KJV):
Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, [even] a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For upon the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
King James Version (KJV):
For upon the first [day] of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first [day] of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
American Standard Version (ASV):
For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Jehovah, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
King James Version (KJV):
For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do [it], and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
King James Version (KJV):
And there went up [some] of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
King James Version (KJV):
And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which [was] in the seventh year of the king.
American Standard Version (ASV):
this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Jehovah, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Jehovah his God upon him.
King James Version (KJV):
This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he [was] a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him.
American Standard Version (ASV):
the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
King James Version (KJV):
The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,
American Standard Version (ASV):
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;
King James Version (KJV):
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: