Esther 10:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ King Ahasuerus laid tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ KING AHASUERUS laid a tribute (tax) on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Common English Bible

¹ King Ahasuerus taxed the entire kingdom, including the islands of the Mediterranean.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ The king passed that night without sleep, and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him. And when they were reading them before him,

Esther 10:1 Cross References

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord; in the coastlands of the sea glorify the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

Psalm 72:10

May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts.

Luke 2:1

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.

Daniel 11:18

Afterward he shall turn to the coastlands and shall capture many, but a commander shall put an end to his insolence; indeed, he shall turn his insolence back upon him.

Isaiah 11:11

On that day the Lord will again raise his hand to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

Esther 8:9

The king’s secretaries were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day, and an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Cush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.

Esther 1:1

This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Cush.

Genesis 10:5

From these the coastland peoples spread. These are the descendants of Japheth in their lands, with their own language, by their families, in their nations.