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Esther 3:12

NETBible	So the royal scribes¹ were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps² and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.
NIV © biblegateway Est 3:12	Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.
NASB © biblegateway Est 3:12	Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.
NLT © biblegateway Est 3:12	On April 17 Haman called in the king’s secretaries and dictated letters to the princes, the governors of the respective provinces, and the local officials of each province in their own scripts and languages. These letters were signed in the name of King Xerxes, sealed with his ring,
MSG © biblegateway Est 3:12	The king's secretaries were brought in on the thirteenth day of the first month. The orders were written out word for word as Haman had addressed them to the king's satraps, the governors of every province, and the officials of every people. They were written in the script of each province and the language of each people in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
BBE © SABDAweb Est 3:12	Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king’s scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman’s orders to all the king’s captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king’s ring.
NRSV © bibleoremus Est 3:12	Then the king’s secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king’s satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s ring.
NKJV © biblegateway Est 3:12	Then the king’s scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree was written according to all that Haman commanded––to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the officials of all people, to every province according to its script, and to every people in their language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and sealed with the king’s signet ring.
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KJV	Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> (8802) called <07121> (8735) on the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>_, and there was written <03789> (8735) according to all that Haman <02001> had commanded <06680> (8765) unto the king's <04428> lieutenants <0323>_, and to the governors <06346> that [were] over every province <04082>_, and to the rulers <08269> of every people <05971> of every province <04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and [to] every people <05971> after their language <03956>_; in the name <08034> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was it written <03789> (8737)_, and sealed <02856> (8738) with the king's <04428> ring <02885>_. {scribes: or, secretaries}
NASB © biblegateway Est 3:12	Then the king's <04428> scribes <05613> were summoned <07121> on the thirteenth <07969> <6240> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320> , and it was written <03789> just <03605> <834> as Haman <02001> commanded <06680> to the king's <04428> satraps <0323> , to the governors <06346> who <0834> were over <05921> each <04082> province <04082> and to the princes <08269> of each <05971> people <05971> , each <04082> province <04082> according to its script <03791> , each <05971> people <05971> according to its language <03956> , being written <03789> in the name <08034> of King <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> and sealed <02856> with the king's <04428> signet <02885> ring <02885> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ eklhyhsan <2564> V-API-3P oi <3588> T-NPM grammateiv <1122> N-NPM tou <3588> T-GSM basilewv <935> N-GSM mhni <3303> N-DSM prwtw <4413> A-DSMS th <3588> T-DSF triskaidekath {A-DSF} kai <2532> CONJ egraqan <1125> V-AAI-3P wv <3739> CONJ epetaxen <2004> V-AAI-3S aman {N-PRI} toiv <3588> T-DPM strathgoiv <4755> N-DPM kai <2532> CONJ toiv <3588> T-DPM arcousin <758> N-DPM kata <2596> PREP pasan <3956> A-ASF cwran <5561> N-ASF apo <575> PREP indikhv {N-GSF} ewv <2193> PREP thv <3588> T-GSF aiyiopiav {N-GSF} taiv <3588> T-DPF ekaton <1540> N-NUI eikosi <1501> N-NUI epta <2033> N-NUI cwraiv <5561> N-DPF toiv <3588> T-DPM te <5037> PRT arcousi <758> N-DPM twn <3588> T-GPN eynwn <1484> N-GPN kata <2596> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF autwn <846> D-GPM lexin {N-ASF} di <1223> PREP artaxerxou {N-GSM} tou <3588> T-GSM basilewv <935> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	So the royal <04428> scribes <05608> were summoned <07121> in the first <07223> month <02320> , on the thirteenth <06240> <07969> day <03117> of the month. Everything <03605> Haman <02001> commanded <06680> was written <03789> to <0413> the king’s <04428> satraps <0323> and governors <06346> who <0834> were in <05921> every <04082> province <04082> and to <0413> the officials <08269> of every <05971> people <05971> , province <04082> by province <04082> according to its script <03791> and people <05971> by people <05971> according to its language <03956> . In the name <08034> of King <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> it was written <03789> and sealed <02856> with the king’s <04428> signet ring <02885> .
HEBREW	Klmh <04428> tebjb <02885> Mtxnw <02856> btkn <03789> srwsxa <0325> Klmh <04428> Msb <08034> wnwslk <03956> Mew <05971> Mew <05971> hbtkk <03791> hnydmw <04082> hnydm <04082> Mew <05971> Me <05971> yrv <08269> law <0413> hnydmw <04082> hnydm <04082> le <05921> rsa <0834> twxph <06346> law <0413> Klmh <04428> ynprdsxa <0323> la <0413> Nmh <02001> hwu <06680> rsa <0834> lkk <03605> btkyw <03789> wb <0> Mwy <03117> rve <06240> hswlsb <07969> Nwsarh <07223> sdxb <02320> Klmh <04428> yrpo <05608> warqyw (3:12) <07121>

NETBible

So the royal scribes¹ were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps² and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

NET Notes

¹tn Or “secretaries” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

²tn Or “princes” (so NLT); CEV “highest officials.”