Esther 6:1

In 11 translations

BSB

That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.Or the Book of Memorials, the Annals or the Book of Records of Historical Events

KJV

On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.could…: Heb. the king’s sleep fled away

WEB

On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king. The Lord removed sleep from the king that night; so he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.Greek letters.

ASV

On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

LSV

On that night the sleep of the king has fled away, and he commands to bring in the scroll of memorials of the chronicles, and they are read before the king,

YLT

On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

DBY

On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

DRC

That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,

GNV

The same night the King slept not, and he comanded to bring ye booke of the records, and the chronicles: and they were read before ye King.

JPS

On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

LXXE

But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַה֔וּא נָדְדָ֖ה שְׁנַ֣ת הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְהָבִ֞יא אֶת־סֵ֤פֶר הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַיָּמִ֔ים וַיִּהְי֥וּ נִקְרָאִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ δε Κύριος ἀπέστησε τὸν ὕπνον ἀπὸ τοὺ βασιλέως τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην· καὶ εἶπε τῷ διακόνῳ αὐτοῦ εἰσφέρειν γράμματα μνημόσυνα τῶν ἡμερῶν ἀναγινώσκειν αὐτῷ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Daniel 2:1In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
• Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
• Isaiah 41:17The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
• Esther 2:23After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of 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…
• Romans 11:33O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
• 1 Samuel 23:26–27Saul was proceeding along one side of the mountain, and David and his men along the other side. Even though David was hurrying to get away, Saul and his men were closing in on David and his men to capture them. Then a…
• Esther 10:2And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media…
• Genesis 22:14And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
• Malachi 3:16At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.

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