Esther 1:21

American Sign Language Version

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king and his counselors approved the proposal, and he followed Memucan’s advice.

Hebrew Names Version
The saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memukhan:

King James Version
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

English Standard Version
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.

New Century Version
The king and his important men were happy with this advice, so King Xerxes did as Memucan suggested.

New English Translation
The matter seemed appropriate to the king and the officials. So the king acted on the advice of Memucan.

Amplified Bible
This statement (advice) pleased the king and the officials, and the king did what Memucan proposed.

New American Standard Bible
Now this word pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed.

World English Bible
The saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Geneva Bible (1587)
And this saying pleased the King and the princes, and the King did according to the worde of Memucan.

Legacy Standard Bible
And this word was good in the eyes of the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

Berean Standard Bible
The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.

Contemporary English Version
King Xerxes and his officials liked what Memucan had said,

Complete Jewish Bible
This advice pleased the king and the officials, so the king did what Memukhan had suggested —

Darby Translation
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

Easy-to-Read Version
The king and his important officials were happy with this advice, so King Xerxes did as Memucan suggested.

George Lamsa Translation
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Meaucan;

Good News Translation
The king and his officials liked this idea, and the king did what Memucan suggested.

Lexham English Bible
This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king acted according to the word of Memucan.

Literal Translation
And the saying pleased the king, and the rulers. And the king did according to the word of Memucan.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This pleased the kynge and the prynces, and the kynge dyd acordynge to the worde of Memuchan.

American Standard Version
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Bible in Basic English
And this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thus saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the worde of Memucan.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the word pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan;

King James Version (1611)
And the saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Muchaeus had said,

English Revised Version
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
His counsel pleside the kyng and the prynces, and the kyng dide bi the counsel of Manucha;

Update Bible Version
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Webster's Bible Translation
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

New King James Version
And the reply pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

New Living Translation
The king and his nobles thought this made good sense, so he followed Memucan's counsel.

New Life Bible
What was said pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan said.

New Revised Standard
This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the thing seemed good in the eyes of the king, and the rulers, - and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

Revised Standard Version
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memu'can proposed;

Young's Literal Translation
And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

THE MESSAGE
The king and the princes liked this. The king did what Memucan proposed. He sent bulletins to every part of the kingdom, to each province in its own script, to each people in their own language: "Every man is master of his own house; whatever he says, goes."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
This word pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

pleased the king: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king, Esther 1:19, Esther 2:4, Genesis 41:37

Reciprocal: Genesis 45:16 - it pleased Pharaoh well Joshua 22:30 - it pleased them 2 Samuel 17:4 - pleased Absalom well

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the saying pleased the king and the princes,.... The king, and the other six princes and counsellors, approved of the proposal, and unanimously agreed to it:

and the king did according to the word of Memucan; passed a law according to his advice, and signed and sealed it, and registered it among the laws of the kingdom, not to be revoked.