Esther 1:22
Christian Standard Bible
22 He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language,(A) that every man should be master of his own house and speak in the language of his own people.
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Esther 1:22
New International Version
22 He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language,(A) proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.
Esther 8:9
Christian Standard Bible
9 On the twenty-third day of the third month(A)—that is, the month Sivan—the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai(B) commanded for the Jews, to the satraps,(C) the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush.(D) The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,(E) and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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Esther 8:9
New International Version
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](A) 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.(B)
Footnotes
- Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
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