Ezr 4:7 | ESV | STEP | In the days of Artaxerxes , Bishlam and Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia . The letter was written in Aramaic and translated .

‏ Ezra 4:7

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

7 In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and ^aMithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written ^bin Aramaic and translated. ^{▼▼Hebrew written in Aramaic and translated in Aramaic, indicating that 4:8–6:18 is in Aramaic; another interpretation is The letter was written in the Aramaic script and set forth in the Aramaic language}