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Esther 8:7-9
New International Version
Esther 8:7-9
New International Version
7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled(A) him on the pole he set up. 8 Now write another decree(B) in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal(C) it with the king’s signet ring(D)—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”(E)
9 At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[a](F) These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.(G)
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- Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
Esther 8:7-9
King James Version
Esther 8:7-9
King James Version
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
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Esther 8:7-9
New King James Version
Esther 8:7-9
New King James Version
7 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “Indeed, (A)I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he tried to lay his hand on the Jews. 8 You yourselves write a decree concerning the Jews, [a]as you please, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet ring; for whatever is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring (B)no one can revoke.”
9 (C)So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces (D)from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province (E)in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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- Esther 8:8 Lit. as is good in your eyes
Esther 8:7-9
English Standard Version
Esther 8:7-9
English Standard Version
7 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, (A)I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows,[a] because he intended to lay hands on the Jews. 8 But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king, (B)and seal it with the king's ring, for an edict written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's ring (C)cannot be revoked.”
9 (D)The king's scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to (E)the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces (F)from India to Ethiopia, (G)127 provinces, (H)to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.
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- Esther 8:7 Or wooden beam (see note on 2:23)
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