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Esther 8:8-10
New King James Version
Esther 8:8-10
New King James Version
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 (A)no one can revoke.”
9 (B)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 (C)from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province (D)in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language. 10 (E)And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses [b]bred from swift steeds.
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- Esther 8:8 Lit. as is good in your eyes
- Esther 8:10 Lit. sons of the swift horses
Esther 8:8-10
English Standard Version
Esther 8:8-10
English Standard Version
8 But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king, (A)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 (B)cannot be revoked.”
9 (C)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 (D)the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces (E)from India to Ethiopia, (F)127 provinces, (G)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. 10 (H)And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus (I)and sealed it with the king's signet ring. Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on (J)swift horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud,
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Esther 8:8-10
New International Version
Esther 8:8-10
New International Version
8 Now write another decree(A) in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal(B) it with the king’s signet ring(C)—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”(D)
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](E) 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.(F) 10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.
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- Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
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