Esther 1:22
Good News Translation
To each of the royal provinces he sent a message in the language and the system of writing of that province, saying that every husband should be the master of his home and speak with final authority.

New Revised 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, declaring that every man should be master in his own house.

Contemporary English Version
and he sent letters to all of his provinces. Each letter was written in the language of the province to which it was sent, and it said that husbands should be in charge of their wives and children.

New American Bible
He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, to the effect that every man should be lord in his own home.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people.

into every province.

Esther 3:12 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,

Esther 8:9 Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.

Daniel 3:29 For we have sinned, and committed iniquity, departing from thee: and we have trespassed in all things:

Daniel 4:1 I, Nabuchodonosor, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace:

that every man.

Ephesians 5:22-24 Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord: . . .

1 Timothy 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to use authority over the man: but to be in silence.

Titus 2:4,5 That they may teach the young women to be wise, to love their husbands, to love their children. . . .

it should, etc.

Esther 3:12 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,

according.

Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

Acts 2:5-11 Now there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. . . .

1 Corinthians 14:19,20 But in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I may instruct others also: than ten thousand words in a tongue. . . .

Context
Queen Vashti Deposed
21His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan. 22And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people.
Cross References
Ephesians 5:22
Let women be subject to their husbands, as to the Lord:

Esther 1:21
His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

Esther 3:12
And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,

Esther 8:9
Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.

Esther 1:21
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