Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
Esther 16:6
In 3 translations
- KJV
- Beguiling with the falsehood and deceit of their lewd disposition the innocency and goodness of princes.
- DRC
- While with crafty fraud they deceive the ears of princes that are well meaning, and judge of others by their own nature.
- LXXE8:12
- while men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple candour of the ruling powers.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br8:12
- τῷ τῆς κακοηθείας ψευδεῖ παραλογισμῷ παραλογισαμένων τὴν τῶν ἐπικρατούντων ἀκέραιον εὐγνωμοσύνην.
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:12f in some Bibles
- 16:6 in most Bibles