Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
Esther 10:1
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
- KJV
- And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
- WEB
- King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea. The king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.
- ASV
- And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
- LSV
- And King Ahasuerus sets a tribute on the land and the islands of the sea;
- YLT
- And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;
- DBY
- And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.
- DRC
- And king Assuerus made all the land, and all the islands of the sea tributary.
- GNV
- And the King Ahashuerosh layd a tribute vpon the land, and vpon the yles of the sea.
- JPS
- And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
- LXXE
- And the king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.
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- Written (Ketiv): אֲחָשֵׁרֹשׁ (“Ahaserus”). Read aloud (Qere): אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ (“Ahasuerus”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads אֲחַשְֵׁרֹ֧שׁ׀; read aloud (Qere) reads אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ (“Ahasuerus”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיָּשֶׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אחשרש ׀ מַ֛ס עַל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וְאִיֵּ֥י הַיָּֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): אֲחַשְׁוֵר֧וֹשׁ
- LXX-Br
- Ἔγραψε δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν τῆς τε γῆς καὶ τῆς θαλάσσης.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Isaiah 24:15Therefore glorify the LORD in the east. Extol the name of the LORD, the God of Israel in the islands of the sea.
- Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
- Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Esther 1:1This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- Esther 8:9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127…
- Daniel 11:18Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
- Luke 2:1Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a census should be taken of the whole empire.
- Genesis 10:5From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
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