KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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 are in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;
Surrounding context — Esther 1
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.
19 If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמְמוּכָ֗ןH4462 · me.mu.khanMemucanלִפְנֵ֤יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428 · me.lekhkingוְהַשָּׂרִ֔יםH8269 · sarrulerלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotעַל־H5921 · aluponהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙H4428 · me.lekhkingלְבַדּ֔וֹH905 · badalone: poleעָוְתָ֖הH5753 · a.vahto twistוַשְׁתִּ֣יH2060 · vash.tiVashtiהַמַּלְכָּ֑הH4436 · mal.kahQueen (of Sheba)כִּ֤יH3588 · kiforעַל־H5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַשָּׂרִים֙H8269 · sarrulerוְעַל־H5921 · aluponכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָ֣עַמִּ֔יםH5971 · ampeopleאֲשֶׁ֕רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּכָל־H3605 · kolallמְדִינ֖וֹתH4082 · me.di.nahprovinceהַמֶּ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃H325 · a.chash.ve.roshAhasuerus
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 6:7-8Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?Acts 25:10Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.Acts 18:14And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
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