This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Esther (Greek) 1:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20218 It was a day of darkness and gloom, of tribulation and distress, affliction and great tumult on the earth! See the chapterMore versionsDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version8 Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing: but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of his nobles, that every man might take what he would. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers8 This banquet was not according to the appointed law, but as the king desired to have it. He charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company. See the chapter |