Esther 1:21
King James Version (KJV)
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
In context
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.
20 And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
22 For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
Esther 1:21 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
- WEB World English Bible
- This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: