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Esther 8:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Esther 8:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 You may write in the king’s name whatever pleases you(A) concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.(B) A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”(C)
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Esther 8:8
New International Version
Esther 8:8
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)
Esther 8:8
King James Version
Esther 8:8
King James Version
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.
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Esther 8:8
New King James Version
Esther 8:8
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.”
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- Esther 8:8 Lit. as is good in your eyes
Jeremiah 22:23-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 22:23-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
23 You residents of Lebanon,
nestled among the cedars,
how you will groan[a] when labor pains come on you,
agony like a woman in labor.(A)
A Message concerning Coniah
24 “As I live,” says the Lord, “though you, Coniah[b](B) son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet ring(C) on My right hand, I would tear you from it. 25 In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread,(D) who want to take your life, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Chaldeans.
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- Jeremiah 22:23 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads will be pitied
- Jeremiah 22:24 = Jehoiachin
Jeremiah 22:23-25
New International Version
Jeremiah 22:23-25
New International Version
23 You who live in ‘Lebanon,[a](A)’
who are nestled in cedar buildings,
how you will groan when pangs come upon you,
pain(B) like that of a woman in labor!
24 “As surely as I live,” declares the Lord, “even if you, Jehoiachin[b](C) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring(D) on my right hand, I would still pull you off. 25 I will deliver(E) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.[c]
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- Jeremiah 22:23 That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)
- Jeremiah 22:24 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28
- Jeremiah 22:25 Or Chaldeans
Jeremiah 22:23-25
King James Version
Jeremiah 22:23-25
King James Version
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail!
24 As I live, saith the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
25 And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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Jeremiah 22:23-25
New King James Version
Jeremiah 22:23-25
New King James Version
23 O inhabitant of Lebanon,
Making your nest in the cedars,
How gracious will you be when pangs come upon you,
Like (A)the pain of a woman in [a]labor?
Message to Coniah
24 “As I live,” says the Lord, (B)“though [b]Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, (C)were the [c]signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off; 25 (D)and I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of those whose face you fear—the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of the [d]Chaldeans.
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- Jeremiah 22:23 childbirth
- Jeremiah 22:24 Or Jeconiah or Jehoiachin
- Jeremiah 22:24 signet ring
- Jeremiah 22:25 Or Babylonians
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