Dual Panel1Now it came to pass in the days <03117> of Ahasuerus <0325>_, (this [is] Ahasuerus <0325> which reigned <04427> (8802)_, from India <01912> even unto Ethiopia <03568>_, [over] an hundred <03967> and seven <07651> and twenty <06242> provinces <04082>:)
2[That] in those days <03117>_, when the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> sat <03427> (8800) on the throne <03678> of his kingdom <04438>_, which [was] in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>_,
3In the third <07969> year <08141> of his reign <04427> (8800)_, he made <06213> (8804) a feast <04960> unto all his princes <08269> and his servants <05650>_; the power <02428> of Persia <06539> and Media <04074>_, the nobles <06579> and princes <08269> of the provinces <04082>_, [being] before <06440> him:
4When he shewed <07200> (8687) the riches <06239> of his glorious <03519> kingdom <04438> and the honour <03366> of his excellent <08597> majesty <01420> many <07227> days <03117>_, [even] an hundred <03967> and fourscore <08084> days <03117>_.
5And when these days <03117> were expired <04390> (8800)_, the king <04428> made <06213> (8804) a feast <04960> unto all the people <05971> that were present <04672> (8737) in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>_, both unto great <01419> and small <06996>_, seven <07651> days <03117>_, in the court <02691> of the garden <01594> of the king's <04428> palace <01055>_; {present: Heb. found}
6[Where were] white <02353>_, green <03768>_, and blue <08504>_, [hangings], fastened <0270> (8803) with cords <02256> of fine linen <0948> and purple <0713> to silver <03701> rings <01550> and pillars <05982> of marble <08336>_: the beds <04296> [were of] gold <02091> and silver <03701>_, upon a pavement <07531> of red <0923>_, and blue <08504>_, and white <01858>_, and black <05508>_, marble <08336>_. {blue, hangings: or, violet, etc} {of red...: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour}
7And they gave [them] drink <08248> (8687) in vessels <03627> of gold <02091>_, (the vessels <03627> being diverse <08138> (8802) one from another <03627>,) and royal <04438> wine <03196> in abundance <07227>_, according to the state <03027> of the king <04428>_. {royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom} {state: Heb. hand}
8And the drinking <08360> [was] according to the law <01881>_; none did compel <0597> (8802)_: for so the king <04428> had appointed <03245> (8765) to all the officers <07227> of his house <01004>_, that they should do <06213> (8800) according to every man's <0376> pleasure <07522>_.
9Also Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> made <06213> (8804) a feast <04960> for the women <0802> [in] the royal <04438> house <01004> which [belonged] to king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_.
10On the seventh <07637> day <03117>_, when the heart <03820> of the king <04428> was merry <02896> with wine <03196>_, he commanded <0559> (8804) Mehuman <04104>_, Biztha <0968>_, Harbona <02726>_, Bigtha <0903>_, and Abagtha <05>_, Zethar <02242>_, and Carcas <03752>_, the seven <07651> chamberlains <05631> that served <08334> (8764) in the presence <06440> of Ahasuerus <0325> the king <04428>_, {chamberlains: or, eunuchs}
11To bring <0935> (8687) Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> before <06440> the king <04428> with the crown <03804> royal <04438>_, to shew <07200> (8687) the people <05971> and the princes <08269> her beauty <03308>_: for she [was] fair <02896> to look on <04758>_. {fair...: Heb. good of countenance}
12But the queen <04436> Vashti <02060> refused <03985> (8762) to come <0935> (8800) at the king's <04428> commandment <01697> by <03027> [his] chamberlains <05631>_: therefore was the king <04428> very <03966> wroth <07107> (8799)_, and his anger <02534> burned <01197> (8804) in him. {by his...: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs}
13Then the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) to the wise men <02450>_, which knew <03045> (8802) the times <06256>_, (for so [was] the king's <04428> manner <01697> toward <06440> all that knew <03045> (8802) law <01881> and judgment <01779>_:
14And the next <07138> unto him [was] Carshena <03771>_, Shethar <08369>_, Admatha <0133>_, Tarshish <08659>_, Meres <04825>_, Marsena <04826>_, [and] Memucan <04462>_, the seven <07651> princes <08269> of Persia <06539> and Media <04074>_, which saw <07200> (8802) the king's <04428> face <06440>_, [and] which sat <03427> (8802) the first <07223> in the kingdom <04438>;)
15What shall we do <06213> (8800) unto the queen <04436> Vashti <02060> according to law <01881>_, because she hath not performed <06213> (8804) the commandment <03982> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> by <03027> the chamberlains <05631>_? {What...: Heb. What to do}
16And Memucan <04462> answered <0559> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428> and the princes <08269>_, Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> hath not done wrong <05753> (8804) to the king <04428> only, but also to all the princes <08269>_, and to all the people <05971> that [are] in all the provinces <04082> of the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_.
17For [this] deed <01697> of the queen <04436> shall come abroad <03318> (8799) unto all women <0802>_, so that they shall despise <0959> (8687) their husbands <01167> in their eyes <05869>_, when it shall be reported <0559> (8800)_, The king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> commanded <0559> (8804) Vashti <02060> the queen <04436> to be brought in <0935> (8687) before <06440> him, but she came <0935> (8804) not.
18[Likewise] shall the ladies <08282> of Persia <06539> and Media <04074> say <0559> (8799) this day <03117> unto all the king's <04428> princes <08269>_, which have heard <08085> (8804) of the deed <01697> of the queen <04436>_. Thus [shall there arise] too much <01767> contempt <0963> and wrath <07110>_.
19If it please <02895> (8804) the king <04428>_, let there go <03318> (8799) a royal <04438> commandment <01697> from him <06440>_, and let it be written <03789> (8735) among the laws <01881> of the Persians <06539> and the Medes <04074>_, that it be not altered <05674> (8799)_, That Vashti <02060> come <0935> (8799) no more before <06440> king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>_; and let the king <04428> give <05414> (8799) her royal estate <04438> unto another <07468> that is better <02896> than she. {If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king} {unto...: Heb. unto her companion} {from him: Heb. from before him} {be not...: Heb. pass not away}
20And when the king's <04428> decree <06599> which he shall make <06213> (8799) shall be published <08085> (8738) throughout all his empire <04438>_, (for it is great <07227>,) all the wives <0802> shall give <05414> (8799) to their husbands <01167> honour <03366>_, both to great <01419> and small <06996>_.
21And the saying <01697> pleased <03190> (8799) <05869> the king <04428> and the princes <08269>_; and the king <04428> did <06213> (8799) according to the word <01697> of Memucan <04462>_: {pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king}
22For he sent <07971> (8799) letters <05612> into all the king's <04428> provinces <04082>_, into every province <04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and to every people <05971> after their language <03956>_, that every man <0376> should bear rule <08323> (8802) in his own house <01004>_, and that [it] should be published <01696> (8764) according to the language <03956> of every people <05971>_. {that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people}