KJV:
And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.
NASB:
"A decree has been issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it,
KJV:
Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
NASB:
"So, now issue a decree to make these men stop work, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me.
KJV:
At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?
NASB:
At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them thus, "Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?"
KJV:
But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
NASB:
But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report could come to Darius, and then a written reply be returned concerning it.
KJV:
Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls?
NASB:
"Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, 'Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?'
KJV:
But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.
NASB:
'However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.
KJV:
Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.
NASB:
"Now if it pleases the king, let a search be conducted in the king's treasure house, which is there in Babylon, if it be that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to rebuild this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send to us his decision concerning this matter."
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.
NASB:
Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon.
KJV:
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;
NASB:
"In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: 'Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained, its height being 60 cubits and its width 60 cubits;