Esther 1:8 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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.

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Esther 1:7

And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

Esther 1:9

Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasue´rus.

Jeremiah 35:8

Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jon´adab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

Jeremiah 51:7

Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.

John 2:8

And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.