Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
Esther 14:6
In 3 translations
- KJV
- And now we have sinned before thee: therefore hast thou given us into the hands of our enemies,
- DRC
- We have sinned in thy sight, and therefore thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies:
- LXXE4:17
- O Lord, do not resign thy sceptre to them that are not, and let them not laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun to injure us.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br4:17
- “Μὴπαραδῷς Κύριε τὸ σκῆπτρόνσουτοῖς μὴοὖσι, καὶ μὴ καταγελασάτωσαν ἐν τῇ πτώσει ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ στρέψον τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν ἐπʼ αὐτούς· τὸν δὲ ἀρξάμενον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς παραδειγμάτισον.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:17q in some Bibles
- 14:6 in most Bibles