Esther 1:8
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.
KJV
Nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum, sed sicut rex statuerat, præponens mensis singulos de principibus suis ut sumeret unusquisque quod vellet.
Vulgate
ὁ δὲ πότος οὗτος οὐ κατὰ προκείμενον νόμον ἐγένετο· οὕτως δὲ ἠθέλησεν ὁ βασιλεύς, καὶ ἐπέταξεν τοῖς οἰκονόμοις ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/הַ/שְּׁתִיָּ֥ה כַ/דָּ֖ת אֵ֣ין אֹנֵ֑ס כִּי כֵ֣ן יִסַּ֣ד הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ עַ֚ל כָּל רַ֣ב בֵּית֔/וֹ לַ/עֲשׂ֖וֹת כִּ/רְצ֥וֹן אִישׁ וָ/אִֽישׁ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Hab 2:15 — Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!
- Jer 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.