Esther
Old Testament · 10 chapters · 252 verses
Every chapter of Esther is given below in Sir Lancelot Brenton's classic English translation of the Septuagint (LXX) — 252 verses in 10 chapters — each with the Greek text of the Septuagint in parallel and the translator's notes to the printed edition.
Patristic commentary has not yet been attached to Esther. The full corpus of the Fathers remains searchable in the Fathers Library.
Chapters
Chapter by Chapter
- Esther 1 [In the second year of the reign of Artaxerxes the great king, on the first day of Nisan, Mardochaeus the son of Jarius, the son of Semeias, the son…
- Esther 2 And after this the king's anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Astin, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her.
- Esther 3 And after this king Artaxerxes highly honored Aman son of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.
- Esther 4 But Mardochaeus having perceived what was done, tore his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth…
- Esther 5 * And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. And being…
- Esther 6 But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the * books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
- Esther 7 So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen.
- Esther 8 And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochaeus was called by the king; for Esther had shown…
- Esther 9 For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.
- Esther 10 And the king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.