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

1 Esdras 8:12

That they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
that they may look unto the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
That they may look to the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, agreeably to that which is in the law of the Lord;
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
that they may look to the affairs of Judea and Jerusalem, in accordance with what is in the Lord’s law,
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Therefore as many as be willing, let them departe together, as it hathe semed good to me and my seuen friends the counsellers,
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha