Esther 1:8 - The Scriptures 2009

And drinking was according to the law, no one was compelled, for so the sovereign had ordered all the officers of his house, that they should do according to each one’s pleasure.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And drinking was according to the law; no one was compelled to drink, for the king had directed all the officials of his palace to serve only as each guest desired.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

Common English Bible

The rule about the drinks was “No limits!” The king had ordered everyone serving wine in the palace to offer as much as each guest wanted.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the nation of the just was disturbed, fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death.

English Standard Version 2016

And drinking was according to this edict: “There is no compulsion.” For the king had given orders to all the staff of his palace to do as each man desired.

Esther 1:8 Cross References

Esther 1:7

And they served drinks in golden vessels, the vessels being different from one another, with much royal wine, according to the hand of the sovereign.

Esther 1:9

Sovereigness Vashti also made a feast for the women in the royal palace which Sovereign Aḥashwĕrosh owned.

Jeremiah 35:8

“So we obeyed the voice of Yonaḏaḇ son of Rĕḵaḇ, our father, in all that he commanded us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters,

Jeremiah 51:7

Baḇel was a golden cup in the hand of יהוה, making drunk all the earth. The nations drank her wine, that is why the nations went mad!

John 2:8

And He said to them, “Now draw out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.