1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy Scriptures (DBY)

Esther 1

1 Ahasuerus maketh royal feasts. 10 Vashti, sent for, refuseth to come. 13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, maketh the decree of man's sovereignty.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:1 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:1 Bible Research Notes 1:1 ¶ And it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (that is, the Ahasuerus that reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces),

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:2 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:2 Bible Research Notes 1:2 in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the fortress,

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:3 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:3 Bible Research Notes 1:3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of the provinces being before him;

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:4 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:4 Bible Research Notes 1:4 when he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:5 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:5 Bible Research Notes 1:5 And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the fortress, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:6 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:6 Bible Research Notes 1:6 White, green, and blue [hangings] were fastened with cords of byssus and purple to silver rings and pillars of white marble; couches of gold and silver [lay] upon a pavement of red and white marble, and alabaster, and black marble.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:7 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:7 Bible Research Notes 1:7 And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:8 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:8 Bible Research Notes 1:8 And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:9 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:9 Bible Research Notes 1:9 Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:10 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:10 Bible Research Notes 1:10 ¶ On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of king Ahasuerus,

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:11 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:11 Bible Research Notes 1:11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:12 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:12 Bible Research Notes 1:12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:13 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:13 Bible Research Notes 1:13 ¶ And the king said to the wise men who knew the times (for so was the king's business [conducted] before all that knew law and judgment;

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:14 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:14 Bible Research Notes 1:14 and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and who sat first in the kingdom),

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:15 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:15 Bible Research Notes 1:15 What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:16 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:16 Bible Research Notes 1:16 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.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:17 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:17 Bible Research Notes 1:17 For the act of the queen will come abroad to all women, so as to render their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when they shall say, The king Ahasuerus commanded the queen Vashti to be brought in before him, and she came not!

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:18 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:18 Bible Research Notes 1:18 And the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's act, will say it this day to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and anger enough.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:19 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:19 Bible Research Notes 1:19 If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:20 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:20 Bible Research Notes 1:20 and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm—for it is great—all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:21 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:21 Bible Research Notes 1:21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

Online Translations of the Bible Esther 1:22 DBY 1890 Darby's Translation of the Holy ScripturesStudy Commentary on Esther 1:22 Bible Research Notes 1:22 And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

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