Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX2012

1 Esdras 4:8

If he command to strike, they strike; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
if he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
If he command to smite, they smite; if he command to make desolate, they make desolate; if he command to build, they build;
King James Version