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

1 Esdras 4:56

And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And he commanded to give to all that kept the city pensions and wages.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
He commanded that land and wages should be given to all who guarded the city.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Also he wrote that they shulde giue pensions & wages to them that kept the citie.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha