Esther 1:19
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
KJV
Si tibi placet, egrediatur edictum a facie tua, et scribatur juxta legem Persarum atque Medorum, quam præteriri illicitum est, ut nequaquam ultra Vasthi ingrediatur ad regem, sed regnum illius altera, quæ melior est illa, accipiat.
Vulgate
εἰ οὖν δοκεῖ τῷ βασιλεῖ, προσταξάτω βασιλικὸν καὶ γραφήτω κατὰ τοὺς νόμους Μήδων καὶ Περσῶν, καὶ μὴ ἄλλως χρησάσθω, μηδὲ εἰσελθάτω ἔτι ἡ βασίλισσα πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτῆς δότω ὁ βασιλεὺς γυναικὶ κρείττονι αὐτῆς.
LXX
If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
ASV
אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֗וֹב יֵצֵ֤א דְבַר מַלְכוּת֙ מִ/לְּ/פָנָ֔י/ו וְ/יִכָּתֵ֛ב בְּ/דָתֵ֥י פָֽרַס וּ/מָדַ֖י וְ/לֹ֣א יַעֲב֑וֹר אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא תָב֜וֹא וַשְׁתִּ֗י לִ/פְנֵי֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ וּ/מַלְכוּתָ/הּ֙ יִתֵּ֣ן הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ לִ/רְעוּתָ֖/הּ הַ/טּוֹבָ֥ה מִמֶּֽ/נָּה
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
22 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 3:28 — And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment.
- 1Sam 15:28 — And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
- Dan 6:8 — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Dan 6:8 — Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
- Dan 6:12 — Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee,
- Dan 6:17 — And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
- Esth 3:9 — If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king
- Esth 8:5 — And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by H
- Esth 8:8 — Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man rev
- Esth 8:8 — Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man rev