Verse 21
Esther 1:21
Darby Translation
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And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּיטַב֙ הַ/דָּבָ֔ר בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֑ים וַ/יַּ֥עַשׂ הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ כִּ/דְבַ֥ר מְמוּכָֽן
English Translation
And the matter was good in the eyes of the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
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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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