Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX2012

1 Esdras 3:4

Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king's body, spoke one to another;

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king's body, spake one to another;
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king’s body, spake one to another;
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Then the three young men of the bodyguard, who guarded the king, spoke one to another:
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
In the meane time thre yong men of the garde, kepers of the Kings bodie, said one to another.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha