Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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
--
This
is
what
happened
in the days of Xerxes,
who reigned
over
127
provinces
from India
to
Cush .
in those days ,
at
the
sitting
of
the
king Ahasuerus
on the
throne
of
his kingdom,
that
`is'
in Shushan
the palace,
In those days King Xerxes
sat
on his royal
throne
in the citadel
of
Susa.
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,
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
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
.
And
for
a
full
180
days
he
displayed
the glorious
riches
of his kingdom and the magnificent
splendor
of his greatness.
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
--
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.
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
--
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.
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
.
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 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.
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
.
Also
Vashti
the
queen hath
made
a banquet for women ,
in the royal house
that
the
king Ahasuerus
hath
.
Queen Vashti
also
gave
a banquet for the
women in the royal palace
of
King Xerxes
.
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,
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—
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,
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.
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.
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 king saith
to
wise men ,
knowing
the times --
for so
`is'
the
word
of
the king
before
all
knowing
law and judgment,
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
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 --
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 .
`
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? '
“
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? ”
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;
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.
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 ;
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 .’
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.
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.
`
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 ;
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 .
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 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 thing
is
good
in
the
eyes
of
the
king ,
and of
the
princes ,
and
the king doth
according
to
the
word
of
Memucan ,
The king and his
princes were
pleased
with
this
counsel;
so
the king did
as
Memucan had
advised.
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
.
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
.
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