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Esther 1:1

The King Dethrones Queen Vashti

1 Now it came to pass in the days of aAhasuerus 1(this was the Ahasuerus who reigned bover one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, cfrom India to Ethiopia),

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Esther 1:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush:

Esther 1:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Now in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,

Esther 1:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

Esther 1:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

These events happened in the days of King Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia.

Esther 1:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

This is what happened during the time of King Xerxes, the king who ruled the one hundred twenty-seven states from India to Cush.

Esther 1:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

Esther 1:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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 1:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

In the days of Xerxes the following events took place. This was the same Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces from India to Sudan.

Esther 1:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush.

Esther 1:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

This happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the same Ahasuerus who ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia.

Esther 1:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush—over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.

Esther 1:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

King Xerxes ruled over the 127 territories in his kingdom. They reached from India all the way to Cush. Here is what happened during the time Xerxes ruled over the whole Persian kingdom.

Esther 1:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over 127 provinces,


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