deputies Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants , and the {deputies} and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to th eir writing, and according to their language. deputies And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the {deputies}, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. deputies Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are {deputies}: let them implead one another. ~~~~~~