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Esther 1:19 KJV
Esther · chapter 1 · verse 19 · King James Version
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.Esther 1:19 · King James Version
Esther 1:19 in context
17For 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.
18Likewise 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.
19If 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.
20And 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.
21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Key words (Strong's)
- commandmentdâbâra wordH1697 →
- PersiansPâraçParas , an Eastern country, including its inhabitantsH6539 →
- writtenkâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- alteredʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- pleaseṭôwbto be good in the widest senseH2895 →
- royalmalkûwtha ruleH4438 →
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