King James Version

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.

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בֵּאדַ֛יִןbedayinin thenאֱדַיִןpreposition, adverb — “in then”H116then (of time)now, that time, then.דָּרְיָ֥וֶשׁdareyaveshDariusדָּֽרְיָוֵשׁnoun, proper name — “Darius”H1868{Darejavesh, a title (rather than name) of several Persian kings}Darius.מַלְכָּ֖אmalkakingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, determined, definite article — “king”, the definite formH4430a kingking, royal.שָׂ֣םsamgiveשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “give”, a completed actionH7761{to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)}[phrase] command, give, lay, make, [phrase] name, [phrase] regard, set.טְעֵ֑םteemcommandmentטְעֵםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “commandment”, the ordinary formH2942properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)[phrase] chancellor, [phrase] command, commandment, decree, [phrase] regard, taste, wisdom.וּבַקַּ֣רוּuvaqarvand inquireבְּקַרconjunction, verb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and inquire”, a completed actionH1240{properly, to plough, or (generally) break forth, i.e. (figuratively) to inspect, admire, care for, consider}inquire, make search.בְּבֵ֣יתbeveytin houseבַּיִתpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in house”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1005{a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)}house.סִפְרַיָּ֗אsifrayabookסְפַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “book”, the definite formH5609a bookbook, roll.דִּ֧יdithatדִּיparticle, relative — “that”H1768that, used as relative conjunction, and especially (with a preposition) in adverbial phrases; also as preposition of[idiom] as, but, for(-asmuch [phrase]), [phrase] now, of, seeing, than, that, therefore, until, [phrase] what (-soever), when, which, whom, whose.גִנְזַיָּ֛אginzayatreasureגְּנַזnoun, common, masculine, plural, determined, definite article — “treasure”, the definite formH1596treasuretreasure.מְהַחֲתִ֥יןmehachatindeposeנְחַתverb, hiphil, passive participle, absolute — “depose”, a verb used as a describing wordH5182to descend; causatively, to bring away, deposit, deposecarry, come down, depose, lay up, place.תַּמָּ֖הtamahthereתָּםadverb — “there”H8536there[idiom] thence, there, [idiom] where.בְּבָבֶֽלbevavelin Babylonבַּבֶלpreposition, noun, proper name — “in Babylon”H895{Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire}Babylon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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.

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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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Then king Darius gave orders, and they searched in the library of the books that were laid up in Babylon,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Then Darius the king made a decree, and caused a search to be made in the record-offices, where the treasure is stored in Babylon.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τότε Δαρεῖος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔθηκε γνώμην, καὶ ἐπεσκέψατο ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις ὅπου ἡ γάζα κεῖται ἐν Βαβυλῶνι.