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Esther 8:8

Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”

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ASV

Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

KJV

Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְ֠אַתֶּםVe.'a.temand youH859 →
כִּתְב֨וּkit.VuwriteH3789 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֜יםhai.ye.hu.Dimthe JewsH3064 →
כַּטּ֤וֹבka.Tovaccording to the goodH2896 →
בְּעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙be.'ei.nei.Khemin view yourH5869 →
בְּשֵׁ֣םbe.Shemin [the] name ofH8034 →
הַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְחִתְמ֖וּve.chit.Muand seal [it]H2856 →
בְּטַבַּ֣עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atwith [the] signet-ring ofH2885 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
כְתָ֞בkhe.Tava writingH3791 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
נִכְתָּ֣בnikh.Tav[is] writtenH3789 →
בְּשֵׁם־be.shem-in [the] name ofH8034 →
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְנַחְתּ֛וֹםve.nach.Tomand it is sealedH2856 →
בְּטַבַּ֥עַתbe.ta.Ba.'atwith [the] signet-ring ofH2885 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
אֵ֥ין'einnotH369 →
לְהָשִֽׁיב׃le.ha.Shivto revokeH7725 →

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Esther 1:19So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.Esther 3:12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.Colossians 2:14having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!Esther 8:5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.1 Kings 21:8Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahab’s name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.Hebrews 6:17–18So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.Daniel 6:12–15So they approached the king and asked about his royal decree: “Did you not sign a decree that for thirty days any man who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions?” The king replied, “According to the law of the Medes and Persians the order stands, and it cannot be repealed.”Daniel 6:8Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.”Daniel 6:15Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”2 Timothy 2:19Nevertheless, God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity.”Genesis 41:42Then Pharaoh removed the signet ring from his finger, put it on Joseph’s finger, clothed him in garments of fine linen, and placed a gold chain around his neck.Esther 8:10Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.Esther 3:10So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

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