31 The Masoretic accents indicate that the phrase “to Artaxerxes the king” goes with what precedes and that the letter begins with the words “from your servants.” But it seems better to understand the letter to begin by identifying the addressee.
32 Aram “men of.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

(This is a copy of the letter that they sent.) “To Artaxerxes the king: Your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River, send greeting. And now

NIVNew International Version (2011)

(This is a copy of the letter they sent him.)

To King Artaxerxes,

From your servants in Trans-Euphrates:

CSBChristian Standard Bible

This is the text of the letter they sent to him:

To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men from the region west of the Euphrates River:

NLTNew Living Translation

This is a copy of their letter:

“To King Artaxerxes, from your loyal subjects in the province west of the Euphrates River.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him:

“To King Artaxerxes from your servants, the men of the province Beyond the River. And now,

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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