Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.

New American Standard Bible

Now King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

King James Version

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Holman Bible

King Ahasuerus imposed a tax throughout the land even to the farthest shores.

International Standard Version

King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

A Conservative Version

And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

American Standard Version

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

Amplified

King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) imposed a tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

Bible in Basic English

And King Ahasuerus put a tax on the land and on the islands of the sea.

Julia Smith Translation

And the king Ahasuerus will set up a tribute upon the land, and the isles of the sea.

King James 2000

And king Ahasuerus imposed tribute upon the land, and upon the coastlands of the sea.

Lexham Expanded Bible

King Ahasuerus imposed forced labor on the land and islands of the sea.

Modern King James verseion

And King Ahasuerus laid a tax on the land and on the isles of the sea.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the king Ahasuerus laid tribute upon the land, and upon the Isles of the sea.

NET Bible

King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

New Heart English Bible

King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of the sea.

The Emphasized Bible

And King Ahasuerus laid tribute upon the land, and upon the shores of the sea.

Webster

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

World English Bible

King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of the sea.

Youngs Literal Translation

And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

אחשׁרשׁ אחשׁורושׁ 
'Achashverowsh 
Usage: 31

שׂים שׂוּם 
Suwm 
Usage: 580

מס מס 
Mac 
Usage: 23

upon the land
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

and upon the isles
אי 
'iy 
Usage: 36

References

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Hastings

Context Readings

Title

1 And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea. 2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

Cross References

Isaiah 24:15

Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.

Psalm 72:10

The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:

Genesis 10:5

From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

Esther 1:1

And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

Esther 8:9

Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.

Isaiah 11:11

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Daniel 11:18

And he shall turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many; but a captain for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease: he shall turn it upon him, without reproach for himself.

Luke 2:1

But it came to pass in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census should be made of all the habitable world.

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