Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

1 Esdras 3:15

And sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writings were read before them.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
and sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writing was read before them.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
And sat him down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writings were read before them.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
and sat himself down in the royal seat of judgment; and the writing was read before them.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
And sate him downe in the counsel, and the writing was red before them.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha