Esther 1:17
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For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
In other translations
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588יֵצֵאyetze'it will go forthH3318דְבַר־devar-[the] matter ofH1697הַמַּלְכָּהhamalkahthe queenH4436עַל־'al-toH5921כָּל־kol-allH3605הַנָּשִׁיםhanashimthe womenH802לְהַבְזוֹתlehavzotto make despicableH959בַּעְלֵיהֶןba'leihenhusbands theirH1167בְּעֵינֵיהֶןbe'eineihenin view theirH5869בְּאָמְרָםbe'amerambecause will say theyH559הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'achashverooshAhasuerusH325אָמַר'amarhe saidH559לְהָבִיאlehavi'to bringH935אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853וַשְׁתִּיvashtiVashtiH2060הַמַּלְכָּהhamalkahthe queenH4436לְפָנָיוlefanav<to> before himH6440וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808בָאָה׃va'ahshe cameH935
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Related verses
- Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- 2 Samuel 6:16And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
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