Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
Esther 16:15
In 3 translations
- KJV
- But we find that the Jews, whom this wicked wretch hath delivered to utter destruction, are no evildoers, but live by most just laws:
- DRC
- But we have found that the Jews, who were by that most wicked man appointed to be slain, are in no fault at all, but contrariwise, use just laws,
- LXXE8:12
- For by these methods he thought, having surprised us in a defenceless state, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br8:12
- Διὰ γὰρ τῶν τρόπων τούτων ᾠήθη λαβὼν ἡμᾶς ἐρήμους, τὴν τῶν Περσῶν ἐπικράτησιν εἰς τοὺς Μακεδόνας μετάξαι.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:12o in some Bibles
- 16:15 in most Bibles