Esther 10
- 1And the king Ahasuerus laid a tax on the land, and on the isles of the sea.
- 2And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
- 3For Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of his many brothers, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Esther 10 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
GIGAKJVAnd the king Ahasuerus laid a tax on the land, and on the isles of the sea.
KJVAnd all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
GIGAKJVAnd all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
KJVFor Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
GIGAKJVFor Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of his many brothers, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
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