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Esther 1:22 KJV
Esther · chapter 1 · verse 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 1:22 · King James Version
Esther 1:22 in context
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:
22For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- provincesmᵉdîynâhproperly, a judgeshipH4082 →
- publisheddâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- languagelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- lettersçêpherproperly, writingH5612 →
- writingkâthâbsomething writtenH3791 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
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We have here a damp to all the mirth of Ahasuerus's feast; it ended in heaviness, not as Job's children's feast by a wind from the wilderness, not as Belshazzar's by a hand-writing on the wall, but by is own folly.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-22