Esther 1:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Esther 1:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 1:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 1:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.”
Esther 1:16 — World English Bible
Esther 1:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Esther 1:16 — American Standard Version
Esther 1:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, `Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that <FI>are<Fi> in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;”
Esther 1:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 1:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has 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. ”
Esther 1:16 — Darby Translation
Esther 1:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Memucan answered before the King and the Princes, The Queene Vashti hath not only done euill against the King, but against all the princes, and against all the people that are in all the prouinces of King Ahashuerosh.”
Esther 1:16 — Geneva Bible
Esther 1:16 in Context — Esther 1
14 And 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;)
15 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
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.
17 For 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.
18 Likewise 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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