Esther 1:8 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸ The drinking was according to royal decree: ‘There are no restrictions.’ The king had ordered every wine steward in his household to serve whatever each person wanted.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ 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

⁸ 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)

⁸ 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

⁸ 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

⁸ And the nation of the just was disturbed, fearing their own evils, and was prepared for death.

Esther 1:8 Cross References

Esther 1:7

Drinks were served in an array of gold goblets,  each with a different design. Royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

Esther 1:9

Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women of King Ahasuerus’s palace.

Jeremiah 35:8

We have obeyed Jonadab, son of our ancestor Rechab, in all he commanded us. So we haven’t drunk wine our whole life #– #we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters.

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon was a gold cup in the  Lord’s hand, making the whole earth drunk. The nations drank her wine; therefore, the nations go mad.

John 2:8

Then he said to them, ‘Now draw some out and take it to the head waiter.’   And they did.