Esther 1:21

Esther 1:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
• New International Version (NIV)The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memukan proposed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the reply pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

Context of Esther 1:21

19If it please the king, let there go forth 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 kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small. And 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 should speak according to the language of his people.

Esther 1:21 word by word

וַיִּיטַב֙ הַדָּבָ֔ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַשָּׂרִ֑ים וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ כִּדְבַ֥ר מְמוּכָֽן׃Read the interlinear

• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• Memucanמְמוּכָןmemûkân mômûkân · MemucanH4462

Cross-references for Esther 1:21

• Esther 1:19If it please the king, let there go forth 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 2:4and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
• Genesis 41:37And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

Commentaries on Esther 1:21

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But when wine is in, men's reason departs from them. He that had rule over 127 provinces, had no rule over his own spirit. But whether the passion or the policy of the king was served by this decree, God's providence made way for Esther to the crown, and…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-22Commentary by Robert Jamieson 1. Ahasuerus--It is now generally agreed among learned men that the Ahasuerus mentioned in this episode is the Xerxes who figures in Grecian history.Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 1:21

• Divorce
• Family
• Husband
• Memucan
• Persia
• Queen
• Vashti
• Wife
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Memucan
• Shushan
• Esther, Book of

Commentaries on Esther 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings