Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
This
is
what
happened in the days of Xerxes,
who reigned over
127
provinces
from India to Cush.
Now
it
happened in the days of Ahasuerus
(this
is
Ahasuerus
who reigned from India even
to Ethiopia,
over
one
hundred
twenty-seven
provinces),
In those days King Xerxes
sat on his
royal
throne in the citadel
of
Susa.
that
in those days ,
when
the
king Ahasuerus
sat on the
throne of
his
kingdom,
which
was
in Shushan
the palace,
In the third year of his reign, Xerxes
held
a feast for
all his officials
and servants .
The military
leaders
of Persia and Media were
there
, along
with
the nobles and princes of the provinces .
in the third year of his reign, he
made
a feast to
all his princes
and his
servants ;
the power
of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces ,
being
before
him;
And
for
a
full
180
days
he displayed
the glorious
riches of his kingdom and the magnificent
splendor
of his greatness
.
when
he shown
the riches of his glorious
kingdom and the honor
of his excellent
majesty
many
days,
even
one
hundred
eighty
days
.
At
the
end
of
this
time,
in
the
garden
court
of
the
royal
palace
, the king held
a seven-day
feast for
all the people in the citadel
of
Susa
, from
the least
to
the greatest
.
When
these
days
were
fulfilled
, the king made
a feast to
all the people who
were
present
in Shushan
the palace
, both
great
and
small,
seven
days,
in
the court
of
the garden
of
the
king's
palace
.
Hangings of white and blue linen
were
fastened with cords of fine white
and purple material
to silver rings on
the
marble
pillars .
Gold and silver couches
were
arranged
on a mosaic
pavement of porphyry
, marble
, mother-of-pearl
, and other
costly
stones
.
[There
were
hangings of ]
white [cloth],
[of]
green,
and [of]
blue ,
fastened with cords of fine linen
and purple to silver rings and
pillars of
marble:
the
couches
were
of
gold and silver ,
on a pavement of red
, and
white
, and
yellow
, and black
marble
.
Beverages
were
served
in an
array
of
goblets
of gold ,
each
with
a
different
design
, and the
royal wine flowed
freely
, according to the king’s
bounty.
They
gave
them
drink
in vessels
of gold (the
vessels
being
diverse
one
from
another)
, and royal wine in
abundance
, according to the bounty of
the
king
.
By
order
of
the king,
no
limit
was placed
on
the drinking,
and
every
official
of his household
was
to serve
each
man
whatever
he
desired
.
The drinking
was according
to
the law;
none
could
compel:
for
so
the
king
had
appointed
to
all
the
officers
of his house,
that
they
should
do
according
to every
man's
pleasure
.
Queen
Vashti
also gave
a banquet
for the women in the royal palace
of
King Xerxes
.
Also Vashti
the
queen
made
a feast
for the women in the royal house
which
belonged
to
king Ahasuerus
.
On the seventh day, when the king’s
heart was merry with wine, he ordered
the
seven
eunuchs
who
served
him—
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
On the seventh day, when the heart of
the
king
was merry with wine, he commanded
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and
Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass,
the
seven
chamberlains
who
ministered
in
the
presence
of
Ahasuerus
the
king,
to bring Queen
Vashti before him,
wearing
her
royal
crown, to display
her
beauty
to
the people
and officials.
For she was beautiful to behold
.
to bring Vashti the
queen
before the
king
with
the
crown royal
, to show
the peoples
and the
princes
her
beauty;
for she was beautiful to look
on
.
Queen Vashti ,
however,
refused to come at the king’s
command
brought
by his
eunuchs.
And
the king became
furious
, and his anger burned within
him.
But
the
queen Vashti refused to come at the king's
commandment
by the chamberlains:
therefore
was
the
king very
angry
, and his anger burned in
him.
Then the king consulted
the wise men who knew the times, for it
was customary
for
him
to
confer
with
the experts
in
law and justice.
Then the king said
to
the wise men ,
who knew the times, (
for so
was the king's
manner
toward
all
who
knew
law and judgment;
His
closest
advisors
were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had
personal
access
to
the king
and ranked
highest
in the kingdom .
and
the
next
to
him
were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media ,
who saw
the king's
face,
and sat
first
in the kingdom ),
“According
to
law,”
he
asked,
“
what should
be
done
with
Queen Vashti, since
she refused
to
obey
the command
of King Xerxes
delivered
by the eunuchs
? ”
What shall
we
do
to
the
queen Vashti according
to
law
, because
she has
not
done
the bidding
of the
king Ahasuerus
by the chamberlains
?
And
in
the
presence
of
the king and his
princes, Memucan
replied,
“Queen
Vashti has wronged
not only
the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes
.
Memucan
answered
before
the king and the
princes, Vashti the
queen
has not done
wrong
to
the king only
, but also
to
all the princes ,
and to
all
the peoples who
are
in all the provinces of the
king Ahasuerus
.
For the
conduct
of the queen will become
known
to all women, causing
them
to despise
their husbands and
say
, ‘
King Xerxes
ordered
Queen
Vashti to be brought before him, but she did
not
come. ’
For this
deed
of the queen will come
abroad
to all women, to make
their husbands contemptible
in
their
eyes
, when
it
shall
be
reported,
The
king Ahasuerus
commanded
Vashti the
queen
to be brought in
before him, but she didn't
come.
This very
day the noble
women
of Persia and Media who have heard about
the queen’s
conduct
will
say the same
thing
to all the king’s
officials,
resulting
in
much contempt and wrath.
This day will
the princesses
of Persia and Media who have heard of
the deed
of
the
queen
say [
the like]
to all the king's
princes.
So
[will
there
arise]
much contempt and wrath.
So
if it pleases
the king, let him
issue
a royal decree
, and let it be recorded
in
the laws of Persia
and Media
so
that it cannot
be repealed
, that Vashti shall
never
again
enter
the
presence
of
King Xerxes,
and that
her royal position
shall
be
given
to a
woman
better than she.
If it please
the king, let there
go
forth
a royal commandment
from
him
, and let it be written
among
the laws of the
Persians
and the
Medes,
that it not
be altered
, that Vashti come
no
more
before
king Ahasuerus;
and let
the
king
give
her royal estate
to another
who
is
better than she.
The
edict
the king
issues
will
be heard
throughout his vast
kingdom —and
so
all
women
, from
the
least
to
the greatest,
will honor
their husbands. ”
When
the king's
decree
which
he
shall
make
shall
be published
throughout all
his kingdom (for
it
is
great)
, all
the wives
will give
to
their husbands honor,
both
to
great
and
small
.
The king and his
princes were
pleased
with
this
counsel
; so
the king did as
Memucan had
advised.
The saying
pleased
the
king and the
princes; and
the king did according
to
the
word
of
Memucan :
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
.
for
he sent letters into
all the king's
provinces, into
every
province according
to
the
writing
of
it,
and to every
people after
their language, that every man should bear
rule
in
his own house,
and
should
speak
according
to
the
language
of
his
people
.
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