1 Esdras 2:21
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
but to speak unto our lord the king, to the intent that, if it be thy pleasure, it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers:
Greek · Brenton
ἀλλὰ προσφωνῆσαι τῷ κυρίῳ βασιλεῖ, ὅπως ἂν φαίνηταί σοι, ἐπισκεφθῇ ἐν τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν πατέρων σου βιβλίοις.