KJV King James Version
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?
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Esther 1:15
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”
WEB World English Bible
“What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?”
ASV American Standard Version
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘According to law, what—to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?’
Surrounding context — Esther 1
12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
13 Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so [was] the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
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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כְּדָת֙H1881 · datlawמַֽה־H4100 · mahwhat?לַּעֲשׂ֔וֹתH6213 · a.sahto make: doבַּמַּלְכָּ֖הH4436 · mal.kahQueen (of Sheba)וַשְׁתִּ֑יH2060 · vash.tiVashtiעַ֣ל׀H5921 · aluponאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotעָשְׂתָ֗הH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]מַאֲמַר֙H3982 · ma.a.marcommandהַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁH325 · a.chash.ve.roshAhasuerusבְּיַ֖דH3027 · yadhandהַסָּרִיסִֽים׃ סH5631 · sa.riseunuch
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