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Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai

Esther 14:10

In 3 translations

KJV
And open the mouths of the heathen to set forth the praises of the idols, and to magnify a fleshly king for ever.
DRC
That they may open the mouths of Gentiles, and praise the strength of idols, and magnify for ever a carnal king.
LXXE4:17
Thou knowest all things, and knowest that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the couch of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br4:17
πάντων γνῶσιν ἔχεις, καὶ οἶδας ὅτι ἐμίσησα δόξαν ἀνόμων, καὶ βδελύσσομαι κοίτην ἀπεριτμήτων, καὶ παντὸς ἀλλοτρίου.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 4:17u in some Bibles
  • 14:10 in most Bibles

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