1Now 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),


In Context

1 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),

2 that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;

Esther 1:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:1Now 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:)

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:1This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush :

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:1And 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),

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:1In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:1Now 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:)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Cush, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:1Now it happened in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:1And it cometh to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus — he is Ahasuerus who is reigning from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces —

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:1Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even to Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)