Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it is:
New American Standard Bible
In
King James Version
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Holman Bible
But it was in the fortress of Ecbatana in the province of Media
International Standard Version
The following was found written on a scroll in Ecbatana at the summer palace of the province of Media:
A Conservative Version
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and in it was thus written for a record:
American Standard Version
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record:
Amplified
In Ecbatana in the fortress (palace) in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded: “Memorandum—
Bible in Basic English
And at Achmetha, in the great house of the king in the land of Media, they came across a roll, in which this statement was put on record:
Darby Translation
And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:
Julia Smith Translation
And there was found in Achmetha in the fortress that in the Median province, one roll, and thus a record was written in its midst
King James 2000
And there was found at Ecbatana, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a scroll, and in it was a record thus written:
Lexham Expanded Bible
But it was in Ecbatana in the province of Media, in the citadel, that a certain scroll had written on it, "A record.
Modern King James verseion
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that was in the province of the Medes, a scroll. And in it was a record written thus:
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
So at Ecbatana, in a castle that lieth in the land of the Medes, there was found a book, and in it was there an act written after this manner:
NET Bible
A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: "Memorandum:
New Heart English Bible
There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:
The Emphasized Bible
And there was found in Achmetha, in the fortress which is in the province of Media, a roll, - and, thus, was it written therein, as a record: -
Webster
And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and in it was a record thus written:
World English Bible
There was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a scroll, and therein was thus written for a record:
Themes
Books » Important events recorded in
Israel » Captivity of » Proclamation renewed by darius and artaxerxes
Kings » Should » Promote the interests of the church
Medes » Palace in the bablonian province of
Medo-persian kingdom » Achmetha or ecbatana a chief city of
Palaces » Of kings » Royal decrees laid up in
Rulers' » Righteous » Instances of » Darius » Temple » Rebuliding
The Second Temple » The decree of cyrus found and confirmed by darius
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ezra 6:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Darius' Search For The Decree
1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon, 2 and there hath been found at Achmetha, in a palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and a record thus written within it is: 3 'In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king hath made a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: the house let be builded in the place where they are sacrificing sacrifices, and its foundations strongly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits;
Phrases
Cross References
2 Kings 17:6
in the ninth year of Hoshea hath the king of Asshur captured Samaria, and removeth Israel to Asshur, and causeth them to dwell in Halah, and in Habor, by the river Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.