Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

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

American

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Title

1 And King Ahasuerus laid tribute upon the land, and upon the shores of the sea. 2 But, all the acts of his authority, and his might, and the clear story of the promotion of Mordecai, wherewith the king promoted him, are, they, not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?


Cross References

Isaiah 24:15

For this cause, In the Regions of Light, give ye glory to Yahweh, - In the Coastlands of the Sea, unto the Name of Yahweh. God of Israel,

Psalm 72:10

The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;

Genesis 10:5

From these, were dispersed the inhabitants of the coastlands of the nations, in their lands, each man by his tongue, by their families in their nations.

Esther 1:1

And it came to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus, - the same, Ahasuerus that reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces:

Esther 8:9

Then were called the kings scribes at that time - in the third month, the same, is the month Siwan, on the twenty-third thereof, and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and unto the satraps and pashas and rulers of the provinces, which are from India even unto Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, every province according to the writing thereof, and every people according to their tongue, - and unto the Jews, according to their writing, and according to their tongue;

Isaiah 11:11

And it shall come to pass in that day, That My Lord will again a second time set his hand, to possess himself of the remnant of his people, - who shall be left - from Assyria and from Egypt and from Pathros and from Ethiopia and from Elam and from Shinar and from Hamath and from the Coastlands of the sea;

Daniel 11:18

Then will he turn his face to the Coastlands, and will capture many, - but a commander, will bring to an end, his reproach against himself, that, his reproach, return not unto him.

Luke 2:1

Now it came to pass, in those days, that there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, for all the inhabited earth to be enrolled:

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