Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
Esther 16:2
In 3 translations
- KJV
- Many, the more often they are honoured with the great bounty of their gracious princes, the more proud they are waxen,
- DRC
- Many have abused unto pride the goodness of princes, and the honour that hath been bestowed upon them:
- LXXE8:12
- [The great king Artaxerxes sends greeting to the rulers of provinces in a hundred and twenty-seven satrapies, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br8:12
- “Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτὰ σατραπείαις χωρῶν ἄρχουσι, καὶ τοῖς τὰ ἡμέτερα φρονοῦσι, χαίρειν.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:12b in some Bibles
- 16:2 in most Bibles