VerseList GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL LAO GES LES ESG DNG 2 PS TOB JDT WIS SIR BAR LJE PAZ SUS BEL MAN 1 MAC 2 MAC 3 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV

Est Intro C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10

Est 1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22

Simple verse list for EST 1:1

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OET (OET-RV) The following events happened during the reign of Emperor Ahasuerus. (Also known as King Xerxes, he ruled the 127 provinces of Persia extending from India to Ethiopia.)

OET-LV And_he/it _was in_the _days _of ʼAḩashvērōsh that ʼAḩashvērōsh who_reigned from_Hodū/(India) and_unto Kūsh/(Cush) seven and_twenty and_one _hundred province[s].

ULT Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (he was Ahasuerus, the one who ruled from India even as far as Ethiopia, 127 provinces);

UST This is the story of something that happened during the time that a king named Ahasuerus ruled the land of Persia. The empire of this King Ahasuerus had 127 provinces and included all of the territory between India in the east and Ethiopia in the west.

BSB & MSB This is what happened in the days of Xerxes,[fn] who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.[fn]

OEB These events happened in the time of Ahasuerus, who ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia

LSB Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

WEBBE & WMBB Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

MSG ^(1-3)This is the story of something that happened in the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled from India to Ethiopia—127 provinces in all. King Xerxes ruled from his royal throne in the palace complex of Susa. In the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his officials and ministers. The military brass of Persia and Media were also there, along with the princes and governors of the provinces.

NET The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus. (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia. )

LSV And it comes to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus—he [is] Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even to Cush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces—

FBV This is an account of what happened during the time of King Xerxes, the Xerxes[fn] who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Ethiopia.

T4T King Xerxes ruled a very big empire which had 127 provinces. It extended from India in the east to Ethiopia in the west.

LEB And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush[fn]—over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.[fn]

NAB During the reign of Ahasuerus—the same Ahasuerus who ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia—

BBE Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, (that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:)

Moff It was in the reign of Xerxes, the Xerxes who reigned from India to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces.

JPS NOW IT came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus — this is Ahasuerus who reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces —

ASV Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

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YLT And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus — he [is] Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces —

Drby And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

RV Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

SLT And it will be in the days of Ahasuerus, (this Ahasuerus reigned from India and even to Cush; seven and twenty and one hundred provinces:)

Wbstr Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Cush, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

KJB-1769 Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

KJB-1611 ¶ Now it came to passe in the dayes of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned from India, euen vnto Ethiopia, ouer an hundred, and seuen and twentie prouinces.)
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps

Gnva In the dayes of Ahashuerosh (this is Ahashuerosh that reigned, from India euen vnto Ethiopia, ouer an hundreth, and seuen and twentie prouinces)
(In the days of Ahashuerosh (this is Ahashuerosh that reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundredth, and seven and twenty provinces))

Cvdl In the tyme of Ahasuerus, which reigned from India vnto Ethiopia, ouer an hundreth and seuen and twentye londes,
(In the time of Ahasuerus, which reigned from India unto Ethiopia, over an hundredth and seven and twenty lands,)

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Luth Zu den Zeiten Ahasveros, der da König war von Indien bis an die Mohren, über hundertundsiebenundzwanzig Länder,
(To/For the times/periods Ahasuerus, the/of_the there king what/which from India until at/to the Ethiopians, above one_hundred_and_twenty-seven countries/lands,)

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UHB וַ⁠יְהִ֖י בִּ⁠ימֵ֣י אֲחַשְׁוֵר֑וֹשׁ ה֣וּא אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ הַ⁠מֹּלֵךְ֙ מֵ⁠הֹ֣דּוּ וְ⁠עַד־כּ֔וּשׁ שֶׁ֛בַע וְ⁠עֶשְׂרִ֥ים וּ⁠מֵאָ֖ה מְדִינָֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX (ESG 1:1) “ἜΤΟΥΣ δευτέρου βασιλεύοντος Ἀρταξέρξου τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως τῇ μιᾷ τοῦ Νισὰν, ἐνύπνιον εἶδε Μαρδοχαῖος ὁ τοῦ Ἰαΐρου, τοῦ Σεμεΐου, τοῦ Κισαίου, ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμὶν,

BrLXX (ESG 1:1b) ἄνθρωπος Ἰουδαῖος οἰκῶν ἐν Σούσοις τῇ πόλει, ἄνθρωπος μέγας, θεραπεύων ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ τοῦ βασιλέως.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1c) Ἦν δὲ ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας, ἦς ᾐχμαλώτευσε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐξ Ἰερουσαλὴμ, μετὰ Ἰεχονίου τοῦ βασιλέως τῆς Ἰουδαίας.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1d) “Καὶ τοῦτο αὐτοῦ τὸ ἐνύπνιον· καὶ ἰδοὺ φωναὶ καὶ θόρυβος, βρονταὶ καὶ σεισμὺς, τάραχος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1e) Καὶ ἰδοὺ δύο δράκοντες μεγάλοι, ἕτομοι προῆλθον ἀμφότεροι παλαίειν· καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῶν φωνὴ μεγάλη,

BrLXX (ESG 1:1f) καὶ τῇ φωνῇ αὐτῶν ἡτοιμάσθη πᾶν ἔθνος εἰς πόλεμον, ὥστε πολεμῆσαι δικαίων ἔθνος.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1g) Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡμέρα σκότους καὶ γνόφου, θλιψις καὶ στενοχωρία, κάκωσις καὶ τάραχος μέγας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1h) Καὶ ἐταράχθη πᾶν ἔθνος δίκαιον φοβούμενοι τὰ ἑαυτῶν κακὰ, καὶ ἡτοιμάσθησαν ἀπολέσθαι, καὶ ἐβόησαν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν·

BrLXX (ESG 1:1i) ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς βοῆς αὐτῶν ἐγένετο ὡσανεὶ ἀπὸ μικρᾶς πηγῆς ποταμὸς μέγας, ὕδωρ πολύ.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1k) Καὶ φῶς και ὁ ἥλιος ἀνέτειλε, καὶ οἱ ταπεινοὶ ὑψώθησαν, καὶ κατέφαγον τοὺς ἐνδόξους.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1l) “Καὶ διεγερθεὶς Μαρδοχαῖος ὁ ἑωρακὼς τὸ ἐνύπνιον τοῦτο, καὶ τί ὁ Θεὸς βεβούλευται ποιῆσαι, εἶχεν αὐτὸ ἐν τῇ καρδία, καὶ ἐν παντὶ λόγῳ ἤθελεν ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτὸ ἕως τῆς νυκτός.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1m) Καὶ ἡσύχασε Μαρδοχαῖος ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ. μετὰ Γαβαθὰ καὶ Θάῤῥα τῶν δύο εὐνούχων τοῦ βασιλέως, τῶν φυλασσόντων τὴν αὐλήν.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1n) Ἤκουσέ τε αὐτῶν τοὺς λογισμοὺς, καὶ τὰς μερίμνας αὐτῶν ἐξηρεύνησεν· καὶ ἔμαθεν, ὅτι ἑτοιμάζουσι τὰς χεῖρας ἐπιβαλεῖν Ἀρταξέρξῃ τῷ βασιλεῖ· καὶ ὑπέδειξε τῷ βασιλεῖ περὶ αὐτῶ.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1o) Καὶ ἐξήτασεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς δύο εὐνούχους, καὶ ὁμολογήσαντες σαντες ἀπήχθησαν.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1p) Καὶ ἔγραψεν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοὺς λόγους τούτους εἰς μνημόσυνον, καὶ Μαρδοχαῖος ἔγραψε περὶ τῶν λόγων τούτων.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1q) Καὶ ἐπέταξεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Μαρδοχαίῳ θεραπεύειν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ, καὶ ἔδωκεων αὐτῷ δόματα περὶ τούτων.

BrLXX (ESG 1:1r) Καὶ ἦν Ἀμὰν Ἀμαδάθου Βουγαῖος ἔνδοξος ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ ἐζήτησε κακποιῆσαι τὸν Μαρδοχαῖον καὶ τον λαὸν αὐτοῦ, ὑπὲρ τῶν δύο εὐνούχων τοῦ βασιλέως.”

BrLXX (ESG 1:1s) Καὶ ἐγένετο μετὰ τοὺς λόγους τούτους ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις Ἀρταξέρξου· οὗτος ὁ Ἀρταξέρξης ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἑκατὸν εἰκοσιεπτὰ χωρῶν ἐκράτησεν·

BrTr (ESG 1:1) [In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great king, on the first day of Nisan, Mardochæus the son of Jairus, the son of Semeias, the son of Cisæus, of the tribe of Benjamin,

BrTr (ESG 1:1b) a Jew dwelling in the city Susa, a great man, serving in the king's palace, saw a vision.

BrTr (ESG 1:1c) Now he was of the captivity which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried captive from Jerusalem, with Jechonias the king of Judea.

BrTr (ESG 1:1d) And this was his dream: Behold, voices and a noise, thunders and earthquake, tumult upon the earth.

BrTr (ESG 1:1e) And, behold, two great serpents came forth, both ready for conflict, and there came from them a great voice,

BrTr (ESG 1:1f) and by their voice every nation was prepared for battle, even to fight against the nation of the just.

BrTr (ESG 1:1g) And, behold, a day of darkness and blackness, tribulation and anguish, affliction and great tumult upon the earth.

BrTr (ESG 1:1h) And all the righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own afflictions; and they prepared to die, and cried to God:

BrTr (ESG 1:1i) and from their cry there came as it were a great river from a little fountain, even much water.

BrTr (ESG 1:1k) And light and the sun arose, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the honourable.

BrTr (ESG 1:1l) And Mardochæus who had seen this vision and what God designed to do, having awoke, kept it in his heart, and desired by all means to interpret it, even till night.

BrTr (ESG 1:1m) And Mardochæus rested quiet in the palace with Gabatha and Tharrha the king's two chamberlains, eunuchs who guarded the palace.

BrTr (ESG 1:1n) And he heard their reasonings and searched out their plans, and learnt that they were preparing to lay hands on king Artaxerxes: and he informed the king concerning them.

BrTr (ESG 1:1o) And the king examined the two chamberlains, and they confessed, and were executed.

BrTr (ESG 1:1p) And the king wrote these things for a memorial; also Mardochæus wrote concerning these matters.

BrTr (ESG 1:1q) And the king commanded Mardochæus to attend in the palace, and gave him gifts for this service.

BrTr (ESG 1:1r) And Aman the son of Amadathes the Bugæan was honourable in the sight of the king, and he endeavoured to hurt Mardochæus and his people, because of the two chamberlains of the king.]

BrTr (ESG 1:1s) And it came to pass after these things in the days of Artaxerxes,—(this Artaxerxes ruled over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India)—