Esther 1:15

Staten Vertaling

Wat men naar de wet met de koningin Vasthi doen zou, omdat zij niet gedaan had het woord van den koning Ahasveros, door den dienst der kamerlingen?

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
hoe men volgens recht met koningin Vasti moest handelen, omdat zij niet gedaan had naar het bevel des konings door zijne kamerdienaars.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Wat volgens het recht te doen met koningin Wasti, omdat zij aan het bevel van koning Ahasweros, hetwelk de kamerlingen haar hebben overgebracht, niet gehoorzaamd heeft?

Bible Verse Review
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What shall we do: Heb. What to do, Esther 6:6

Gill's Notes on the Bible

What shall we do unto the Queen Vashti, according to law,.... The king desired to know what law was provided in such a case as her's, and what to be done according to it:

because she hath not performed the commandment of the king by the chamberlains? as this was the crime, disobedience to his commands, he would have those who had knowledge of the law consider what punishment was to be inflicted on her for it, according to former laws, usages, and customs, or as reason and justice required; and it being a festival, and they heated with wine, was no objection to a consultation on this head; for it was the manner of the Persians at festivals, and when inflamed with wine, to consult and determine about matters of the greatest moment w; yea, reckoned their counsels and decrees firmer than when made when they were sober x; so the ancient Germans y.

w Clio, sive, l. 1. c. 133. x Strabo. Geograph. l. 15. p. 505. Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 4. c. 11. & l. 5. c. 21. y Tacitus de Mor. German. c. 22.