Esther 1:22 - Amplified Bible - Classic EditionHe sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each in its own script and to every people in their own language, saying that every man should rule in his own house and speak there in the language of his own people. [If he had foreign wives, let them learn his language.] See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769for 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. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)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 should speak according to the language of his people. See the chapterCommon English BibleHe sent written orders to all the king’s provinces. Each province received it written in its own alphabet and each people received it in its own language. It said that each husband should rule over his own house. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionAnd he blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the waters of the sea; and let the birds be multiplied upon the earth. See the chapter |