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

1 Esdras 4:7

And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
He is just one man! If he commands people to kill, they kill. If he commands them to spare, they spare.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
Yet he is but one man: if he bid, Kil, they kil: if he sai, Spare, they spare.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha