(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.) To King Artaxerxes, From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
KJV
This [is] the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, [even] unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
ASV
This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.