Esther 1:1 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 versionIn the beginning God created heaven, and earth. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic EditionIT WAS in the days of Ahasuerus [Xerxes], the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces), See the chapterCommon English BibleThis is what happened back when Ahasuerus lived, the very Ahasuerus who ruled from India to Cush—one hundred twenty-seven provinces in all. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain VersionIn the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great, on the first day of the month of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, See the chapter |