Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
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 --
Now
it came
to pass in the days of Ahasuerus ,
(this
is Ahasuerus which
reigned,
from India
even unto Ethiopia
, over
an
hundred
and
seven and twenty provinces :)
in those days, at
the
sitting
of
the king Ahasuerus on the throne of his kingdom, that
`is'
in Shushan the palace,
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, 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, he made a feast
unto
all his princes
and his servants; the power
of Persia and Media, the nobles
and princes
of the provinces ,
being
before him :
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.
When
he
shewed
the riches
of his glorious
kingdom and the honour
of his excellent
majesty
many days ,
even
an
hundred and
fourscore
days.
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
--
And when
these days were
expired,
the king made a
feast
unto
all the people that
were
present
in Shushan the palace, both
unto great
and
small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's
palace;
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 --
Where
were
white, green
, and blue, hangings,
fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to
silver rings
and pillars of marble :
the
beds
were
of gold and silver, upon
a pavement of red
, and blue
, and white
, and black ,
marble .
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.
And they
gave
them
drink in vessels of gold, (
the vessels being
diverse
one
from
another
, )
and royal wine in
abundance
, according
to
the
state
of the king.
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
.
And the drinking was
according to the
law ;
none did
compel:
for so the king had
appointed to
all
the
officers
of his house, that
they
should
do according to every
man's
pleasure.
Also Vashti the queen hath
made a banquet
for women ,
in the royal house that
the
king Ahasuerus hath
.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast
for the
women in the royal house which
belonged
to
king Ahasuerus.
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 heart of the king was
merry
with wine, he commanded
Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains
that
served
in the presence of Ahasuerus
the king,
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 Vashti the queen before the king with the
crown royal
, to shew the people
and the princes
her beauty :
for she was
fair
to
look
on.
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.
But
the queen Vashti refused
to come at the king's
commandment
by his
chamberlains:
therefore
was
the king very wroth, and his anger
burned in 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 said
to the
wise men, which
knew
the times ,
(
for so was
the king's
manner
toward
all that
knew
law and judgment :
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 --
And the
next
unto him was
Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and
Memucan, the
seven princes
of Persia and Media ,
which
saw
the king's
face, and
which
sat
the
first 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
? '
What shall
we
do unto
the
queen Vashti according
to
law
, because she hath not performed
the commandment
of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains
?
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 Memucan answered
before the king and the princes
, Vashti the queen hath
not
done wrong
to
the
king
only
, but also
to
all the princes
, and to
all the people
that are in all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus .
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 this
deed
of the queen shall
come
abroad
unto all women, so
that
they
shall
despise
their husbands in their eyes, when
it
shall
be
reported
, The king Ahasuerus commanded
Vashti the queen to
be
brought
in
before him, but
she came
not .
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.
Likewise
shall
the
ladies
of Persia and Media say
this
day
unto
all
the
king's
princes
, which
have heard of the deed
of the queen.
Thus
shall
there
arise
too
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 ;
If it
please
the king, let
there go
a royal commandment
from him, and let
it be
written among
the laws of the
Persians
and the
Medes
, that
it
be
not altered
, That Vashti come no
more
before king Ahasuerus ;
and let
the king give her royal
estate
unto
another
that
is 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. '
And when
the king's
decree
which
he shall
make
shall
be
published
throughout
all his empire,
(
for it is great ,)
all the wives shall
give to their husbands honour
, both
to
great and
small.
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 ,
And the saying
pleased
the king and the princes ;
and the king did
according to the word of Memucan :
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.
For
he
sent
letters into
all the king's
provinces
, into
every
province according to the
writing thereof
, and to every
people
after
their
language
, that
every man should
bear
rule
in his own house ,
and that
it
should
be
published
according to the language of every
people.
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