Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
KJV

1 Esdras 5:6

Who spake wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
who spake wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
Who spoke wise sentences before Darius the king of Persia in the second year of his reign, in the month Nisan, which is the first month.
Septuagint in American English (2012)