Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
This
is
what
happened
in the days of Xerxes,
who reigned
over
127
provinces
from India
to
Cush .
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in the days of Ahasuerus
--
he
`is'
Ahasuerus
who is
reigning
from Hodu
even
unto
Cush ,
seven
and
twenty
and
a
hundred
provinces
--
In those days King Xerxes
sat
on his
royal
throne in the citadel
of
Susa.
in those days ,
at
the
sitting
of
the
king Ahasuerus
on the
throne of
his
kingdom,
that
`is'
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
hath
made
a banquet
to
all his heads
and his
servants ;
of
the force
of Persia and Media, the chiefs
and heads
of the provinces `are'
before
him,
And
for
a
full
180
days
he
displayed
the glorious
riches
of his kingdom and the magnificent
splendor
of his greatness.
in
his
shewing
the wealth
of the
honour
of
his kingdom ,
and the glory
of the
beauty
of
his greatness ,
many
days
--
eighty
and
a
hundred
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.
And
at the fulness
of these
days
hath
the king made
to
all the people who
are
found
in Shushan
the palace
, from great
even
unto
small,
a
banquet,
seven
days,
in
the court
of
the garden
of
the
house
of
the
king
--
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.
white linen,
white
cotton,
and blue ,
fastened with cords of fine linen
and purple on rings
of
silver,
and
pillars of
marble,
couches
of
gold ,
and of
silver ,
on a pavement of smaragdus
, and
white
marble, and
mother-of-pearl, 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
.
and
the
giving
of drink
in
vessels
of gold, and
the
vessels
`are'
divers
vessels
, and the royal wine `is'
abundant
, as
a
memorial
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
.
And
the drinking `is'
according
to
law
, none
is
pressing,
for
so
hath
the
king
appointed
for
every chief
one
of his house,
to do
according
to
the
pleasure
of
man and
man
.
Queen
Vashti
also gave
a banquet for the
women in the royal palace
of
King Xerxes
.
Also Vashti
the
queen
hath
made
a banquet for women ,
in the royal house
that
the
king Ahasuerus
hath
.
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, as
the heart of
the
king
is
glad
with wine, he hath
said
to
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and
Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas,
the
seven
eunuchs
who
are
ministering
in
the
presence
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
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 in
Vashti the
queen
before the
king
, with
a
royal crown, to shew
the peoples
and the
heads
her
beauty,
for she `is'
of
good
appearance,
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.
and
the
queen Vashti refuseth
to come in
at the word
of
the
king
that
`is'
by the
hand
of
the
eunuchs ,
and the king is
very
wroth
, and his fury
hath
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.
And
the king saith
to
wise men ,
knowing
the times --
for so
`is'
the word
of
the
king
before
all
knowing
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
he
who
is
near
unto
him
`is'
Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan, seven heads
of Persia and Media seeing
the face
of
the
king ,
who
are
sitting
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? ”
`
According to law, what --
to
do
with queen Vashti, because
that
she hath
not
done
the saying
of the
king Ahasuerus
by the hand
of
the
eunuchs? '
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.
And Memucan
saith
before
the king and the
heads
, `
Not against
the king by
himself
hath
Vashti
the
queen
done
perversely
, but against
all the heads,
and against
all
the peoples that
`are'
in all 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 go
forth
doth
the word
of the queen unto
all the
women, to render
their husbands contemptible
in
their
eyes
, in
their
saying,
The
king Ahasuerus
said
to bring
in
Vashti
the
queen
before him, and
she did not 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.
yea,
this day do
princesses
of Persia and Media ,
who have heard the word
of
the queen,
say
`so'
to all heads
of
the king
, even
according
to
the
sufficiency
of
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 to
the king `it
be'
good
, there
goeth
forth
a royal word
from
before
him
, and it is
written
with
the laws of Persia and Media, and
doth
not
pass
away,
that Vashti doth
not
come
in
before
the king Ahasuerus
, and her royalty
doth
the
king
give
to her
companion
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. ”
and
the sentence
of
the king that
he
maketh
hath
been
heard in
all
his kingdom --
for
it
`is'
great
--
and all the wives
give
honour
to their husbands ,
from
great
even
unto
small
. '
The king and his
princes were
pleased
with
this
counsel;
so
the king did
as
Memucan had
advised.
And
the thing
is
good
in
the
eyes
of
the
king ,
and of
the
princes ,
and
the king doth
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
.
and
sendeth
letters unto
all provinces of the king
, unto
province and province
according
to its
writing,
and
unto
people and
people
according
to
its
tongue
, for
every man being
head
in
his own house
--
and
speaking
according
to
the
language
of
his
people
.
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