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Esther 1:22

For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

KJV

et misit epistolas ad universas provincias regni sui, ut quæque gens audire et legere poterat, diversis linguis et litteris, esse viros principes ac majores in domibus suis : et hoc per cunctos populos divulgari.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν βασιλείαν κατὰ χώραν, κατὰ τὴν λέξιν αὐτῶν, ὥστε εἶναι φόβον αὐτοῖς ἐν ταῖς οἰκίαις αὐτῶν.

LXX

for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

ASV

וַ/יִּשְׁלַ֤ח סְפָרִים֙ אֶל כָּל מְדִינ֣וֹת הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ אֶל מְדִינָ֤ה וּ/מְדִינָה֙ כִּ/כְתָבָ֔/הּ וְ/אֶל עַ֥ם וָ/עָ֖ם כִּ/לְשׁוֹנ֑/וֹ לִ/הְי֤וֹת כָּל אִישׁ֙ שֹׂרֵ֣ר בְּ/בֵית֔/וֹ וּ/מְדַבֵּ֖ר כִּ/לְשׁ֥וֹן עַמּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
הּ
h
noun · 16×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
noun · 116×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מְּדִינ֑וֹת
mdynvt
noun · 53×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
שֹׂרֵ֣ר
shrr
verb · 6×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 2:12 — But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
  • Eph 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
  • Esth 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that wer
  • Esth 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that wer
  • Esth 8:9 — 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
  • Esth 8:9 — 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