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

1 Esdras 3:4

Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king's body, spake one to another;

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king's body, spoke one to another;
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Then three young men, that were of the guard that kept the king’s body, spake one to another;
King James Version