Esther 1:16
“And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Esther 1:16 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Da sprach Memukan vor dem König und den Fürsten: Nicht an dem König allein hat sich die Königin Vasti vergangen, sondern auch an allen Fürsten und an allen Völkern, die in allen Landschaften des Königs Ahasveros wohnen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y dijo Memucán delante del rey y de los príncipes: No solamente contra el rey ha pecado la reina Vasthi, sino contra todos los príncipes, y contra todos los pueblos que hay en todas las provincias del rey Assuero.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Então Memucã disse na presença do rei e dos príncipes: A rainha Vasti pecou não somente contra o rei, mas também contra todos os príncipes, e contra todos os povos que há em todas as províncias do rei Assuero.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Memucã disse na presença do rei e dos oficiais: "A rainha não errou somente contra o rei, mas também contra todos os oficiais e todo o povo nas províncias do rei Xerxes.
📖 Esther 1:16 in Context
14And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
15What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
16And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
17For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
18Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king’s princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
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