As for me, I spoke in the daytime and was not silent at night: Being filled with the inspired words of Scripture, Ezra had no need for food or sleep.
So during the forty days ninety-four books were written: During the forty days the five men wrote ninety-four books dictated by Ezra.
Good News Bible has a helpful model for verses 43-44. Another possible one is:
• 43 I dictated all day and through the night. 44 So the men finished writing ninety-four books during those forty days.
Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on 1-2 Esdras. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2019. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.

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