Esther (Greek) · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Esther (Greek) 10 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
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1 The king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.
1 Y EL rey Assuero impuso tributo sobre la tierra y las islas de la mar.
1 The king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.
2 As for his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes for a memorial.
2 Y toda la obra de su fortaleza, y de su valor, y la declaración de la grandeza de Mardochêo, con que el rey le engrandeció, ¿no está escrito en el libro de los anales de los reyes de Media y de Persia?
2 As for his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes for a memorial.
3 Mordecai was viceroy to King Ahasuerus, and was a great man in the kingdom, honoured by the Jews, and lived his life loved by all his nation.
3 Porque Mardochêo Judío fué segundo después del rey Assuero, y grande entre los Judíos, y acepto á la multitud de sus hermanos, procurando el bien de su pueblo, y hablando paz para toda su simiente.
3 Mordecai was viceroy to King Ahasuerus, and was a great man in the kingdom, honored by the Jews, and lived his life loved by all his nation.
4 [Mordecai said, “These things have come from God.
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4 [Mordecai said, “These things have come from God.
5 For I remember the dream which I had concerning these matters; for not one detail of them has failed.
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5 For I remember the dream which I had concerning these matters; for not one detail of them has failed.
6 There was the little spring which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen.
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6 There was the little spring which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen.
8 The nations are those which combined to destroy the name of the Jews.
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8 The nations are those which combined to destroy the name of the Jews.
9 But as for my nation, this is Israel, even those who cried to God and were delivered; for the Lord delivered his people. The Lord rescued us out of all these calamities; and God worked such signs and great wonders as have not been done amongst the nations.
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9 But as for my nation, this is Israel, even those who cried to God and were delivered; for the Lord delivered his people. The Lord rescued us out of all these calamities; and God worked such signs and great wonders as have not been done among the nations.
10 Therefore he ordained two lots. One for the people of God, and one for all the other nations.
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10 Therefore he ordained two lots. One for the people of God, and one for all the other nations.
11 And these two lots came for an appointed season, and for a day of judgement, before God, and for all the nations.
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11 And these two lots came for an appointed season, and for a day of judgment, before God, and for all the nations.
12 God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance.
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12 God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance.
13 They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever amongst his people Israel.
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13 They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever among his people Israel.
14 In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son brought this letter of Purim, which they said was authentic, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, who was in Jerusalem, had interpreted.]
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14 In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son brought this letter of Purim, which they said was authentic, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, who was in Jerusalem, had interpreted.]
Cross references (3)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 24:15; Psalm 72:10; Isaiah 11:11; Genesis 10:5; Esther 1:1
- 2 Esther 8:15; Esther 9:4; Esther 2:23; Esther 6:1; Psalm 18:35
- 3 Nehemiah 2:10; Romans 14:18; Romans 10:1; Genesis 41:40; 2 Chronicles 28:7
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