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Esther 2:18

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

KJV

Et jussit convivium præparari permagnificum cunctis principibus et servis suis pro conjunctione et nuptiis Esther. Et dedit requiem universis provinciis, ac dona largitus est juxta magnificentiam principalem.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς πότον πᾶσι τοῖς φίλοις αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖς δυνάμεσιν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ἑπτά, καὶ ὕψωσεν τοὺς γάμους Ἐσθήρ, καὶ ἄφεσιν ἐποίησεν τοῖς ὑπὸ τὴν βασιλείαν αὐτοῦ.

LXX

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֨עַשׂ הַ/מֶּ֜לֶךְ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה גָד֗וֹל לְ/כָל שָׂרָי/ו֙ וַ/עֲבָדָ֔י/ו אֵ֖ת מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה אֶסְתֵּ֑ר וַ/הֲנָחָ֤ה לַ/מְּדִינוֹת֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַ/יִּתֵּ֥ן מַשְׂאֵ֖ת כְּ/יַ֥ד הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Esther

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶסְתֵּ֣ר
'str
proper_noun · 55×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
הֲנָחָ֤ה
hnchh
noun · 1×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ךָ
k
noun · 791×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה
mshth
noun · 46×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַשְׂאַ֥ת
msh't
noun · 16×
מְּדִינ֑וֹת
mdynvt
noun · 53×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:8 — Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and
  • Esth 1:3 — In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
  • Esth 1:3 — In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
  • Esth 1:7 — And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
  • Esth 1:7 — And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
  • Esth 9:22 — As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and
  • Gen 29:22 — And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
  • Judg 14:10 — So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
  • Luke 14:8 — When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
  • Mark 6:21 — And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
  • Matt 22:2 — The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
  • Neh 8:11 — So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
  • Rev 11:10 — And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
  • Song 3:11 — Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.