Revised Version 1895
Esther 1:19-20
19Ifאִם־'im-H518itpleaseH2895thekingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428,letH5414theregoיֵצֵ֤אye.Tze'H3318forthH3318aroyalמַלְכוּת֙mal.KhutH4438commandmentדְבַר־de.var-H1697from him, andletH5414it bewrittenוְיִכָּתֵ֛בve.yi.ka.TevH3789among thelawsבְּדָתֵ֥יbe.da.TeiH1881of the Persians and theMedesוּמָדַ֖יu.ma.DaiH4074, that it benotH3808altered, thatVashtiוַשְׁתִּ֗יvash.TiH2060comeתָב֜וֹאta.Vo'H935noH3808moreמִמֶּֽנָּה׃mi.Me.nahH4480beforeH6440kingהַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428Ahasuerusאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshH325; andletH5414thekingהַמֶּ֔לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428giveיִתֵּ֣ןyi.TenH5414herעַל־'al-H5921royalוּמַלְכוּתָהּ֙u.mal.khu.TahH4438estate untoanotherH3808that isbetterH2896thanH4480sheאֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherH834.
20And when theking’sהַמֶּ֤לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428decreewhichאֲשֶֽׁר־'a.Sher-H834he shallmakeH5414shall be publishedthroughoutH3605allH3605hiskingdomמַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.ToH4438, (for it isgreatלְמִגָּד֖וֹלle.mi.ga.DolH1419,)allH3605thewivesהַנָּשִׁ֗יםha.na.ShimH802shallgiveיִתְּנ֤וּyi.te.NuH5414to theirhusbandsלְבַעְלֵיהֶ֔ןle.va'.lei.HenH1167honour,bothH3605togreatH1419andsmallקָטָֽן׃ka.TanH6996.
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
Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain
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