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Queen Vashti’s Refusal

Esther 1:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
KJV
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
WEB
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus. Also Vashti the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where King Ahasuerus lived.
ASV
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
LSV
Also Vashti the queen has made a banquet for women, in the royal house that King Ahasuerus has.
YLT
Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.
DBY
Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
DRC
Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used to dwell.
GNV
The Queene Vashti made a feast also for the women in the royall house of King Ahashuerosh.
JPS
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
LXXE
Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes dwelt.

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Original-language editions

WLC
גַּ֚ם וַשְׁתִּ֣י הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה עָשְׂתָ֖ה מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה נָשִׁ֑ים בֵּ֚ית הַמַּלְכ֔וּת אֲשֶׁ֖ר לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ Ἀστὶν ἡ βασίλισσα ἐποίησε πότον ταῖς γυναιξὶν ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις, ὅπου ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀρταξέρξης.

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  • Esther 5:4“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
  • Esther 5:8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer…

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