Esther 9:20 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 9:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב
kâthab
H3789
to write
מָרְדֳּכַ֔י
Mordᵉkay
H4782
Mordecai
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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הַדְּבָרִ֖ים
dâbâr
H1697
word
הָאֵ֑לֶּה
ʼêl-leh
H428
these
וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח
shâlach
H7971
to send
סְפָרִ֜ים
çêpher
H5612
book
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַיְּהוּדִ֗ים
Yᵉhûwdîy
H3064
Jew
אֲשֶׁר֙
ʼăsher
H834
which
בְּכָל
kôl
H3605
all
מְדִינוֹת֙
mᵉdîynâh
H4082
province
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
ʼĂchashvêrôwsh
H325
Ahasuerus
הַקְּרוֹבִ֖ים
qârôwb
H7138
near
וְהָרְחוֹקִֽים
râchôwq
H7350
far
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both near and far,
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King James Version Public Domain
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Mordecai wrote these things. And he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, the near ones and the far ones,
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).