²²So he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, ^ato each province according to its script and to every people according to their tongue, that every man should ^bbe the ruler in his own house and the one who speaks in the tongue of his own people.

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Cross references

a Esth 3:12; 8:9
b Eph 5:22–24

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be master in his own household and speak according to the language of his people.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language, that every man should be master of his own house and speak in the language of his own people.

NLTNew Living Translation

He sent letters to all parts of the empire, to each province in its own script and language, proclaiming that every man should be the ruler of his own home and should say whatever he pleases.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he sent letters to all the provinces of the king, to each province according to its own script, and to every people in their own language, that every man should be the master of his house and who speaks in the language of his people.

KJV 1900King James Version

For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

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