New International Version (© 2011)
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. 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.King James Bible
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.American Standard Version
Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third 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 satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a 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.Young's Literal Translation
And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it is the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.Esther 8:9 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the BibleThe month Sivan - This answers to a part of our May and June. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the king's. Esther 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month... and to the lieutenants. Esther 1:1,22 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even to Ethiopia... Esther 3:12,13 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month... Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; India. The Hebrew word {Hoddo,} in Syriac, {Hendoo,} and in Arabic, {Hind,} is rendered India by all the versions. India, or Hindostan, is a large country of the south of Asia, extending from north to south about 2,400 miles, and from east to west 1,800, between Esther 8:8 Write you also for the Jews, as it likes you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring... ? and 35? N. lat. and 68? and 92? E. long.; being bounded on the west by the Indus, east by the Birman empire and Thibet, north by the Indian Caucasus, and south by the Indian Ocean. It is probable, however, that all the country east of the Indus was anciently called India. and according. Esther 1:22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof... Esther 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month... 2 Kings 18:26 Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language... Daniel 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you. 1 Corinthians 14:9-11 So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken... Esther 8:9 Parallel Commentaries
Commanded Deputies Ethiopia Governors Hundred India Jews King's Lieutenants Month Mordecai Princes Province Provinces Rulers Satraps Scribes Seven Thereof Third Three Time Twentieth Twenty Twenty-Seven Twenty-Third Writing WrittenCommanded Deputies Ethiopia Governors Hundred India Jews King's Lieutenants Month Mordecai Princes Province Provinces Rulers Satraps Scribes Seven Thereof Third Three Time Twentieth Twenty Twenty-Seven Twenty-Third Writing WrittenTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®.Esther 8:9 Mobile Bible
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Esther 1:1 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush:
Esther 1:22 He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.
Esther 3:12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman's orders to the king's satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.
Daniel 6:25 Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth: "May you prosper greatly!
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