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Additions to Esther 16:14

For his minde was (when he had taken them out of the way) to lay waite for vs, and by this meanes to translate the kingdome of the Persians vnto them of Macedonia.

Parallel Translations

KJVView canonical →
For by these means he thought, finding us destitute of friends to have translated the kingdom of the Persians to the Macedonians.
King James Version