Esther 9:30

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“And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,”

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BSBPD

“And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he sendeth letters unto all the Jews, unto the seven and twenty and a hundred provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus--words of peace and truth--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Esther 9:30 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Esther 1:1This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
  2. Esther 8:9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
  3. Psalms 73:27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
  4. Isaiah 32:17The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
  5. Isaiah 39:8But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
  6. Zechariah 8:19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

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