Verse 19
Esther 1:19
Darby Translation
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If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֗וֹב יֵצֵ֤א דְבַר מַלְכוּת֙ מִ/לְּ/פָנָ֔י/ו וְ/יִכָּתֵ֛ב בְּ/דָתֵ֥י פָֽרַס וּ/מָדַ֖י וְ/לֹ֣א יַעֲב֑וֹר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא תָב֜וֹא וַשְׁתִּ֗י לִ/פְנֵי֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ וּ/מַלְכוּתָ/הּ֙ יִתֵּ֣ן הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ לִ/רְעוּתָ֖/הּ הַ/טּוֹבָ֥ה מִמֶּֽ/נָּה
English Translation
If a good word of the kingdom goes out from before me and is written in the laws of Persia and Media, and shall not pass, that Vashti shall not come before King Ahasuerus, and his kingdom he shall give to another who is better than she.
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Chapter 1 Context
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And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to...
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in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fo...
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in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Pe...
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when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many...
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And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shush...
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White, green, and blue [hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and...
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And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine...
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And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to...
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Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus...
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On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona...
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to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes h...
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But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [sent] by the chamberlains; a...
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And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [conducted] bef...
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and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the se...
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What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of t...
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Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king o...
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For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible...
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And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to al...
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If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of...
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and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm for it is great al...
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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
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And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing ther...
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