Old Testament readings use the Septuagint , the Scripture the apostles quoted. Masoretic numbering shown for reference.Learn why
LXX

Esther 1:22

and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, in order that men might be feared in their own houses.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
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.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.
World English Bible

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