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Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai

Esther 14:9

In 3 translations

KJV
That they will abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordained, and destroy thine inheritance, and stop the mouth of them that praise thee, and quench the glory of thy house, and of thine altar,
DRC
They design to change thy promises, and destroy thy inheritance, and shut the mouths of them that praise thee, and extinguish the glory of thy temple and altar,
LXXE4:17
But deliver us by thine hand, and help me who am destitute, and have none but thee, O Lord.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br4:17
Ἡμᾶς δὲ ῥύσαι ἐν χειρί σου, καὶ βοήθησόν μοι τῇ μόνῃ, καὶ μὴ ἐχούσῃ εἰ μὴ σέ Κύριε·
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 4:17t in some Bibles
  • 14:9 in most Bibles

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