American Standard Version (ASV):
that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,
King James Version (KJV):
[That] in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which [was] in Shushan the palace,
American Standard Version (ASV):
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),
King James Version (KJV):
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
American Standard Version (ASV):
and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
King James Version (KJV):
And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Thus cleansed I them from all foreigners, and appointed charges for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
King James Version (KJV):
Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
American Standard Version (ASV):
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
King James Version (KJV):
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
King James Version (KJV):
And [one] of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, [was] son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.
American Standard Version (ASV):
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?
King James Version (KJV):
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?
American Standard Version (ASV):
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did foreign women cause to sin.
King James Version (KJV):
Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.
American Standard Version (ASV):
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
King James Version (KJV):
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
American Standard Version (ASV):
and their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.
King James Version (KJV):
And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.