Esther 1:20-22
Names of God Bible
20 When you issue your decree, your whole kingdom, great as it is, will hear it. Then all the wives will honor their husbands, regardless of their status.”
21 The king and his officials approved of this, and so the king did as Memucan suggested. 22 He sent official documents to all the king’s provinces, to each province in its own script and to the people in each province in their own language: “Let every husband be the ruler in his own house and speak with authority.”[a]
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- Esther 1:22 Hebrew meaning uncertain.
Esther 1:20-22
New King James Version
20 When the king’s decree which he will make is proclaimed throughout all his empire (for it is great), all wives will (A)honor their husbands, both great and small.”
21 And the reply pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan. 22 Then he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, (B)to each province in its own script, and to every people in their own language, that each man should (C)be master in his own house, and speak in the language of his own people.
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Esther 1:20-22
King James Version
20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
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