Esther 1:16
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And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
In other translations
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559מְמוּכָןmumekhanMemucanH4462לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וְהַשָּׂרִיםvehasarimand the officialsH8269לֹאlo'notH3808עַל־'al-onH5921הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428לְבַדּוֹlevadoto only himH905עָוְתָה'avetahshe did wrongH5753וַשְׁתִּיvashtiVashtiH2060הַמַּלְכָּהhamalkahthe queenH4436כִּיkiforH3588עַל־'al-onH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605הַשָּׂרִיםhasarimthe officialsH8269וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605הָעַמִּיםha'amimthe peoplesH5971אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834בְּכָל־bekhol[are] in allH3605מְדִינוֹתmedinot[the] provinces ofH4082הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ׃'achashverooshAhasuerusH325
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Related verses
- 1 Corinthians 6:7-87 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? 8 Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!
- Acts 25:10Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest.Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
- Acts 18:14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
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