Esther 1

NET

22 He sent letters throughout all the royal provinces, to each province according to its own script and to each people according to their own language, that every man should be ruling his family and should be speaking the language of his own people.


Darby

22 And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every peopleD2849 according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.


Darby Bible Notes

people - i.e. 'should speak his own tongue.'


KJV

22 For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.


KJV Bible Notes

that it should be published according to the language of every people: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people.