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

1 Esdras 3:24

O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
O you⌃ men, is not wine the strongest, that enforces to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
O ye men, is not wine the strongest, that enforceth to do thus? And when he had so spoken, he held his peace.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
O sirs, isn’t wine the strongest, seeing that it forces people to do this?” And when he had said this, he stopped speaking.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
O ye men, is not wine strongest, which compelleth to do suche things! & he helde his peace when he had thus spoken.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha