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Esther 1:21

Memucan

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.

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.

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BSB
The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.
KJV
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
WEB
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
ASV
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
DARBY
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
BLB
And the word was good in the eyes of the king and the officials, and the king did according to the word of Memucan,
ÅB
Disse ord syntes kongen og fyrstene godt om, og kongen gjorde som Memukan hadde sagt.
OTB
Forslaget behaget kongen og adelsmennene, og kongen gjorde som Memukan foreslo.
B1930
Disse ord syntes kongen og fyrstene godt om, og kongen gjorde som Memukan hadde sagt.

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Cross references

  • Esther 2:4

    And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

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  • Genesis 41:37

    And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

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  • Esther 1:19

    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.

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