Esther 6:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ On that night the king could not sleep, and he gave orders to bring the book of records, the annals, and they were read to the king.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ ON THAT night the king could not sleep; and he ordered that the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, be brought, and they were read before the king.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

Common English Bible

¹ That same night, the king simply couldn’t sleep. He had the official royal records brought in, and his young male servants began reading them to the king.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And this was the text of the letter: "Artaxerxes, the great king from India all the way to Ethiopia, to the leaders and generals of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces, which are subject to his authority, greetings.

English Standard Version 2016

¹ On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

Esther 6:1 Cross References

Genesis 22:14

So Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide,” as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”

Esther 10:2

All the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the annals of the kings of Media and Persia?

Esther 2:21

In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the threshold, became angry and conspired to kill King Ahasuerus.

Esther 2:22

But the matter came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai.

Esther 2:23

When the affair was investigated and found to be so, both men were hung on the pole. It was recorded in the book of the annals in the presence of the king.

Esther 5:8

If I have won the king’s favor, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and then I will do as the king has said.”

Isaiah 41:17

When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

Daniel 2:1

In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed such dreams that his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no entertainment was brought to him, and sleep fled from him.

Malachi 3:16

Then those who revered the Lord spoke with one another. The Lord took note and listened, and a book of remembrance was written before him of those who revered the Lord and thought on his name.

Romans 11:33

O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!