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Esther 1:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Esther 1:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”(A)
21 This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed; 22 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.[a](B)
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- 1.22 Compare Gk: Heb adds and speak according to the language of his people
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