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Esther 14:13
In 3 translations
- KJV
- Give me eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion: turn his heart to hate him that fighteth against us, that there may be an end of him, and of all that are likeminded to him:
- DRC
- Give me a well ordered speech in my mouth in the presence of the lion, and turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy, that both he himself may perish, and the rest that consent to him.
- LXXE4:17
- And thy handmaid has not eaten at the table of Aman, and I have not honoured the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br4:17
- Καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν ἡ δούλη σου τράπεζαν Ἀμὰν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδόξασα συμπόσιον βασιλέως, οὐδὲ ἔπιον οἶνον σπονδῶν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:17x in some Bibles
- 14:13 in most Bibles