14A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would be ready for that day.


In Context

11 "Keep the money," the king said to Haman, "and do with the people as you please."

12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language of each people all Haman's orders to the king's satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed with his own ring.

13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews- young and old, women and little children-on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.

14 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would be ready for that day.

15 Spurred on by the king's command, the couriers went out, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered.

Esther 3:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:14And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know and be ready against that day.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:14A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:14A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province, was published to all people, that they should be ready against that day.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published to all people, that they should be ready against that day.