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

1 Esdras 4:7

And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
And yet he is but one man: if he command to kill, they kill; if he command to spare, they spare;
King James Version