Esther 1:22 ASV/NIV - Online Parallel Bible
| American Standard Version (ASV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 22 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. | 22 He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, proclaiming in each people's tongue that every man should be ruler over his own household. |
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