Cross references
Esther 8:9
At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
- a Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of May and June.
- b That is, to the upper Nile region
Esther 8:9 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Esther 1:22 (9 votes) and Esther 1:1 (7 votes). 21 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 49 to 1 Corinthians 14.
Which verses does Esther 8:9 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Esther 1:229 votes
He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
- Esther 1:17 votes
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- 2 Kings 18:262 votes
Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, along with Shebnah and Joah, said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Do not speak with us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
- Esther 3:12–132 votes
On 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. And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
- Daniel 4:12 votes
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
- Daniel 6:12 votes
Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,
- 1 Corinthians 14:9–112 votes
So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. …
Which verses point to Esther 8:9?
The 10 strongest of 21.