Esther 8:9

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

2 Kings 18:26

Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak with us in the language of Judah in earshot of the people who are on the wall.”

2 Chronicles 15:10

These were gathered in Jerusalem in the third month in the fifteenth year in the reign of Asa.

Esther 1:1

Now in the days of Ahasuerus, who reigned from India to Cush, over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces,

Esther 1:22

He sent letters to all the king’s provinces, in the script of every province and in the language of every people group, bearing the message in the languages of his people that each man should rule over his own house.

Esther 10:1

Then King Ahasuerus charged a tribute on the land and on the coastal lands of the sea.

Daniel 4:1

Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

Daniel 6:1

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty officials, so that they would be over the whole kingdom,

Daniel 6:25

Then King Darius wrote: To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied unto you.