Skip to main content

Esther 1:16

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

KJV

Responditque Mamuchan, audiente rege atque principibus : Non solum regem læsit regina Vasthi, sed et omnes populos et principes qui sunt in cunctis provinciis regis Assueri.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Μουχαῖος πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα καὶ τοὺς ἄρχοντας Οὐ τὸν βασιλέα μόνον ἠδίκησεν Ἀστὶν ἡ βασίλισσα, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄρχοντας καὶ τοὺς ἡγουμένους τοῦ βασιλέως.

LXX

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר מומכן מְמוּכָ֗ן לִ/פְנֵ֤י הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְ/הַ/שָּׂרִ֔ים לֹ֤א עַל הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לְ/בַדּ֔/וֹ עָוְתָ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַ/מַּלְכָּ֑ה כִּ֤י עַל כָּל הַ/שָּׂרִים֙ וְ/עַל כָּל הָ֣/עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֕ר בְּ/כָל מְדִינ֖וֹת הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In this verse

People VashtiAhasuerus

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ
'chshvrvsh
proper_noun · 32×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ
h'vynv
verb · 17×
וַשְׁתִּ֣י
vshty
proper_noun · 10×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְמוּכָ֑ן
mmvkn
proper_noun · 4×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַֽלְכַּת
mlkt
noun · 35×
מְּדִינ֑וֹת
mdynvt
noun · 53×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 3:1 — Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
  • Eph 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.