Esther 1:17
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
KJV
Egredietur enim sermo reginæ ad omnes mulieres, ut contemnant viros suos, et dicant : Rex Assuerus jussit ut regina Vasthi intraret ad eum, et illa noluit.
Vulgate
καὶ γὰρ διηγήσατο αὐτοῖς τὰ ῥήματα τῆς βασιλίσσης, καὶ ὡς ἀντεῖπεν τῷ βασιλεῖ. ὡς οὖν ἀντεῖπεν τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἀρταξέρξῃ,
LXX
For this deed of the queen will come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
ASV
כִּֽי יֵצֵ֤א דְבַר הַ/מַּלְכָּה֙ עַל כָּל הַ/נָּשִׁ֔ים לְ/הַבְז֥וֹת בַּעְלֵי/הֶ֖ן בְּ/עֵינֵי/הֶ֑ן בְּ/אָמְרָ֗/ם הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ אָמַ֞ר לְ/הָבִ֨יא אֶת וַשְׁתִּ֧י הַ/מַּלְכָּ֛ה לְ/פָנָ֖י/ו וְ/לֹא בָֽאָה
Hebrew
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Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:34 — Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
- Eph 5:33 — Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.