Esther 2:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ And let the king appoint commissioners in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in the citadel of Susa under custody of Hegai, the king’s eunuch, who is in charge of the women; let their cosmetic treatments be given them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the capital in Shushan, to the harem under the custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their things for purification be given them.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hegai the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them;

Common English Bible

³ And let the king choose certain people in all the royal provinces to lead the search. Have them bring all the beautiful young women together to the fortified part of Susa, to the women’s house, to the care of Hegai the king’s eunuch in charge of the women so that he might provide beauty treatments for them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Then the king had both of them questioned, and when they confessed, he ordered a sentence of death.

Esther 2:3 Références croisées

Esther 2:19

When the virgins were being gathered together, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

Esther 2:4

And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.

Esther 2:5

Now there was a Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjaminite,