This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Esther (Greek) 3:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20217 The cups were of gold and silver, and a miniature cup was displayed, made of ruby, worth thirty thousand talents. There was abundant sweet wine, such as the king himself drank. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible7 He made a decision in the twelfth year of Artaxerxes’ rule, and he threw lots to determine the day and month on which Mordecai’s people would be destroyed in a single day. The lot fell on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version7 In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the Jews should be destroyed. And there came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes' reign, Haman ordered the lots to be cast to find out the right day and month to destroy the Jews, all in a single day. The fourteenth day of the month of Adar was the date chosen. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers7 In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, Haman made a decision by casting lots by day and month, to kill the race of Mordecai in one day. The lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition7 It was now the twelfth year that Artaxerxes was king, and Haman decided to find out what would be the best month and day to kill Mordecai and the rest of the Jews. He found that the best date was Adar fourteenth. See the chapter |