Ezra 6:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.”

Ezra 6:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ezra 6:1 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Ezra 6:1 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Ezra 6:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Then Darius the king made a decree, and the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon, was searched.”

Ezra 6:1 — World English Bible

Ezra 6:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. ”

Ezra 6:1 — American Standard Version

Ezra 6:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Then Darius the king made a decree, and they sought in the house of the books of the treasuries placed there in Babylon,”

Ezra 6:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Ezra 6:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. ”

Ezra 6:1 — Darby Translation

Ezra 6:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then King Darius gaue commandement, and they made search in the librarie of the treasures, which were there layd vp in Babel.”

Ezra 6:1 — Geneva Bible

Ezra 6:1 in Context — Ezra 6

1 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

2 And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits;

Read the full chapter: Ezra 6 — Daniel in the Lions' Den →

What Does Ezra 6:1 Mean?

Ezra 6:1 is a verse from the Book of Ezra, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ezra chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

Also explore: Bible verses by topic | Read the full Bible free