Esther 1:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed; Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did what Memucan proposed. American Standard Version (1901) And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: Common English Bible The king liked the plan, as did the other men, and he did just what Memucan said. English Standard Version 2016 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. |
If it pleases the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”
he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, declaring that every man should be master in his own house.
And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.