Ezra 6:2

The Decree of Darius

1Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon. 2And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

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Berean Standard Bible
And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:
American Standard Version (1901)
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:
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:
Douay-Rheims 1899
And there was found in Ecbatana, which is a castle in the province of Media, a book in which this record was written.
Free Bible Version
But it was actually in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, that a scroll was found, recording the following:
Geneva Bible 1599
And there was founde in a coffer (in the palace that was in the prouince of the Medes) a volume, and therein was it thus written, as a memoriall,
King James (Authorized) 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:
Translation for Translators
The king commanded someone to search there, but those documents were not there in Babylon. They found a scroll at the fort in Ecbatana, in Media province, that contained the information that they wanted to know. This is what was written on that scroll:
Unlocked Literal Bible
In the fortified city of Ecbatana in Media a scroll was found; this was its record:
Noah Webster Bible
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
A scroll was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, and in it this was written for a record:
Young's 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]: