Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
Esther 14:8
In 3 translations
- KJV
- Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captivity: but they have stricken hands with their idols,
- DRC
- And now they are not content to oppress us with most hard bondage, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols,
- LXXE4:17
- Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him that fights against us, to the utter destruction of him and of them that consent with him.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br4:17
- Δὸς λόγον εὔρυθμον εἰς τὸ στόμα μου ἐνώπιον τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ μετάθες τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς μῖσος τοῦ πολεμοῦντος ἡμᾶς, εἰς συντέλειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ὁμονοούντων αὐτῷ.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 4:17s in some Bibles
- 14:8 in most Bibles