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

1 Esdras 9:55

Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
KJVView canonical →
Because they understood the words wherein they were instructed, and for the which they had been assembled.
King James Version