Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

And the king Ahasuerus will set up 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.

Darby Translation

And king Ahasuerus laid 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

American

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Title

1 And the king Ahasuerus will set up a tribute upon the land, and the isles of the sea. 2 And all the work of his power and his strength, and the exposition of the greatness of Mordecai which the king magnified him, are they not written upon the book of the words of the days to the kings of Media and Persia?


Cross References

Isaiah 24:15

For this, with lights they honored Jehovah in the isles of the sea, the name of Jehovah the God of Israel.

Psalm 72:10

The kings of Tarshish and the islands shall turn back a gift, the kings of Sheba and Seba shall bring a present

Genesis 10:5

By these were the isles of the nations divided in their lands; a man according to his tongue, according to their tribe, in their nations

Esther 1:1

And it will be in the days of Ahasuerus, (this Ahasuerus reigned from India and even to Cush; seven and twenty and one hundred provinces:)

Esther 8:9

And the king's scribes will be called in that time in the third month, (this the month Sivan) in the three and twentieth in it; and it will be written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the prefects, and the chiefs of the provinces which are from India and even to Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces, province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to their tongue, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

Isaiah 11:11

And it was in that day Jehovah shall add the second time his hand to gain the remnant of his people which shall be left from Assur 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 will turn back his face to the isles and take many: and a leader caused his reproach to cease to him; besides his reproach shall turn back to him.

Luke 2:1

And it was in those days an order came out from Caesar Angustus, for the whole habitable globe to be enrolled.

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