Esther 1:20
And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
KJV
Et hoc in omne (quod latissimum est) provinciarum tuarum divulgetur imperium, et cunctæ uxores, tam majorum quam minorum, deferant maritis suis honorem.
Vulgate
καὶ ἀκουσθήτω ὁ νόμος ὁ ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως ὃν ἐὰν ποιῇ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ οὕτως πᾶσαι αἱ γυναῖκες περιθήσουσιν τιμὴν τοῖς ἀνδράσιν ἑαυτῶν, ἀπὸ πτωχοῦ ἕως πλουσίου.
LXX
And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.
ASV
וְ/נִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר יַעֲשֶׂה֙ בְּ/כָל מַלְכוּת֔/וֹ כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה הִ֑יא וְ/כָל הַ/נָּשִׁ֗ים יִתְּנ֤וּ יְקָר֙ לְ/בַעְלֵי/הֶ֔ן לְ/מִ/גָּד֖וֹל וְ/עַד קָטָֽן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage 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;
- 1Tim 2:11 — Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
- Col 3:18 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
- Col 3:18 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
- Eph 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
- Eph 5:22 — Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gen 3:16 — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.