NET Bible
"(This is a copy of the letter they sent to him:)“To King Artaxerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates:"
— Ezra 4:11, NET Bible
“This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.”
“This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River, and so forth. ”
“This is the copy of the letter that they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.”
“(This is the copy of the letter, which they sent to him:) To Artaxerxes the king, thy servants, the men that are on this side of the river, send greeting.”
“This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants living across the river send these words:”
“This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.”
Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows:
From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues– the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa(that is, the Elamites),
and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and other places in Trans-Euphrates.
(This is a copy of the letter they sent to him:)“To King Artaxerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates:
Now let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations.
Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury will suffer loss.
In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information