Esther 1:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Esther 1:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 1:16 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 1:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Esther 1:16 — World English Bible
Esther 1:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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.”
Esther 1:16 — American Standard Version
Esther 1:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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 <FI>are<Fi> in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;”
Esther 1:16 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 1:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Esther 1:16 — Darby Translation
Esther 1:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Then Memucan answered before the King and the Princes, The Queene Vashti hath not only done euill against the King, but against all the princes, and against all the people that are in all the prouinces of King Ahashuerosh.”
Esther 1:16 — Geneva Bible
Esther 1:16 in Context — Esther 1
14 Il avait auprès de lui Carschena, Schéthar, Admatha, Tarsis, Mérès, Marsena, Memucan, sept princes de Perse et de Médie, qui voyaient la face du roi et qui occupaient le premier rang dans le royaume.
15 Quelle loi, dit-il, faut-il appliquer à la reine Vasthi, pour n’avoir point exécuté ce que le roi Assuérus lui a ordonné par les eunuques?
16 Memucan répondit devant le roi et les princes: Ce n’est pas seulement à l’égard du roi que la reine Vasthi a mal agi; c’est aussi envers tous les princes et tous les peuples qui sont dans toutes les provinces du roi Assuérus.
17 Car l’action de la reine parviendra à la connaissance de toutes les femmes, et les portera à mépriser leurs maris; elles diront: Le roi Assuérus avait ordonné qu’on amenât en sa présence la reine Vasthi, et elle n’y est pas allée.
18 Et dès ce jour les princesses de Perse et de Médie qui auront appris l’action de la reine la rapporteront à tous les chefs du roi; de là beaucoup de mépris et de colère.
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