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Ezra 4:8

NETBible	Rehum the commander¹ and Shimshai the scribe² wrote a letter concerning³ Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
NIV © biblegateway Ezr 4:8	Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
NASB © biblegateway Ezr 4:8	Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows—
NLT © biblegateway Ezr 4:8	Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.
MSG © biblegateway Ezr 4:8	Rehum the commanding officer and Shimshai the secretary wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as follows:
BBE © SABDAweb Ezr 4:8	Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, sent a letter against Jerusalem, to Artaxerxes the king;
NRSV © bibleoremus Ezr 4:8	Rehum the royal deputy and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows
NKJV © biblegateway Ezr 4:8	Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes in this fashion:
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KJV	Rehum <07348> the chancellor <01169> <02942> and Shimshai <08124> the scribe <05613> wrote <03790> (8754) a <02298> letter <0104> against <05922> Jerusalem <03390> to Artaxerxes <0783> the king <04430> in this sort <03660>_: {scribe: or, secretary}
NASB © biblegateway Ezr 4:8	Rehum <07348> the commander <01169> <2942> and Shimshai <08124> the scribe <05613> wrote <03790> a letter <0104> against <05922> Jerusalem <03390> to King <04430> Artaxerxes <0783> , as follows <03660> --
LXXM	raoum {N-PRI} baaltam {N-PRI} kai <2532> CONJ samsai {N-PRI} o <3588> T-NSM grammateuv <1122> N-NSM egraqan <1125> V-AAI-3P epistolhn <1992> N-ASF mian <1519> A-ASF kata <2596> PREP ierousalhm <2419> N-PRI tw <3588> T-DSM aryasasya {N-PRI} basilei <935> N-DSM
NET [draft] ITL	Rehum <07348> the commander <02942> <01169> and Shimshai <08124> the scribe <05613> wrote <03790> a <02298> letter <0104> concerning <05922> Jerusalem <03390> to King <04430> Artaxerxes <0783> as follows <03660> :
HEBREW	amnk <03660> aklm <04430> atvsxtral <0783> Mlswry <03390> le <05922> hdx <02298> hrga <0104> wbtk <03790> arpo <05613> ysmsw <08124> Mej <02942> leb <01169> Mwxr (4:8) <07348>

NETBible

Rehum the commander¹ and Shimshai the scribe² wrote a letter concerning³ Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:

NET Notes

¹tn Aram “lord of the command.” So also in vv. 9, 17.

²sn Like Rehum, Shimshai was apparently a fairly high-ranking official charged with overseeing Persian interests in this part of the empire. His title was “scribe” or “secretary,” but in a more elevated political sense than that word sometimes has elsewhere. American governmental titles such as “Secretary of State” perhaps provide an analogy in that the word “secretary” can have a broad range of meaning.

³tn Or perhaps “against.”