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Esther 1:9
And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women of King Ahasuerus’s palace.
Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women of King Ahasuerus’s palace.
Hebrew Names Version
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Achashverosh.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Achashverosh.
King James Version
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
English Standard Version
Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.
New Century Version
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
New English Translation
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in King Ahasuerus' royal palace.
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in King Ahasuerus' royal palace.
Amplified Bible
Queen Vashti also held a [separate] banquet for the women in the palace of King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also held a [separate] banquet for the women in the palace of King Ahasuerus.
New American Standard Bible
Queen Vashti also held a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also held a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
World English Bible
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Queene Vashti made a feast also for the women in the royall house of King Ahashuerosh.
The Queene Vashti made a feast also for the women in the royall house of King Ahashuerosh.
Legacy Standard Bible
Queen Vashti also held a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also held a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Berean Standard Bible
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
Contemporary English Version
While the men were enjoying themselves, Queen Vashti gave the women a big dinner inside the royal palace.
While the men were enjoying themselves, Queen Vashti gave the women a big dinner inside the royal palace.
Complete Jewish Bible
Also Vashti the queen gave a banquet for the women in the royal house belonging to King Achashverosh.
Also Vashti the queen gave a banquet for the women in the royal house belonging to King Achashverosh.
Darby Translation
Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also the queen Vashti made a feast for the women of the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Easy-to-Read Version
Queen Vashti also gave a party for the women in the king's palace.
Queen Vashti also gave a party for the women in the king's palace.
George Lamsa Translation
Also Vashti the queen made a great feast for all the women in the royal house which belonged to King Akhshirash.
Also Vashti the queen made a great feast for all the women in the royal house which belonged to King Akhshirash.
Good News Translation
Meanwhile, inside the royal palace Queen Vashti was giving a banquet for the women.
Meanwhile, inside the royal palace Queen Vashti was giving a banquet for the women.
Lexham English Bible
Furthermore, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Furthermore, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Literal Translation
Also Vashti the queen made a banquet for the women in the royal house which King Ahasuerus owned .
Also Vashti the queen made a banquet for the women in the royal house which King Ahasuerus owned .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the quene Vasthi made a feast also for the wemen in the palace of Ahasuerus.
And the quene Vasthi made a feast also for the wemen in the palace of Ahasuerus.
American Standard Version
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the queene Uasthi made a feast also for the women in the palace of Ahasuerus.
And the queene Uasthi made a feast also for the women in the palace of Ahasuerus.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
King James Version (1611)
Also Uasthi the Queene made a feast for the women, in the royall house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also Uasthi the Queene made a feast for the women, in the royall house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes dwelt.
Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes dwelt.
English Revised Version
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also Vasthi, the queen, made a feeste of wymmen in the paleis, where kyng Assuerus was wont to dwelle.
Also Vasthi, the queen, made a feeste of wymmen in the paleis, where kyng Assuerus was wont to dwelle.
Update Bible Version
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Webster's Bible Translation
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women [in] the royal house which [belonged] to king Ahasuerus.
New King James Version
Queen Vashti also made a feast for the women in the royal palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also made a feast for the women in the royal palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
New Living Translation
At the same time, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
At the same time, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
New Life Bible
Queen Vashti also gave a special supper for the women in the beautiful house that belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also gave a special supper for the women in the beautiful house that belonged to King Ahasuerus.
New Revised Standard
Furthermore, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the palace of King Ahasuerus.
Furthermore, Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the palace of King Ahasuerus.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Also Vashti the queen, made a banquet for the women, - in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Also Vashti the queen, made a banquet for the women, - in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used to dwell.
Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used to dwell.
Revised Standard Version
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasu-e'rus.
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasu-e'rus.
Young's Literal Translation
Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.
Also Vashti the queen hath made a banquet for women, in the royal house that the king Ahasuerus hath.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
Contextual Overview
1 Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, (that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:) 2 That in those days, when King Ahasuerus was ruling in Shushan, his strong town, 3 In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him; 4 And for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his. 5 And at the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king's town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king's house. 6 There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone. 7 And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king. 8 And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man. 9 And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the queen: Esther 5:4, Esther 5:8
Cross-References
Genesis 1:1
At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
At the first God made the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:5
Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Naming the light, Day, and the dark, Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
Genesis 1:6
And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.
Genesis 1:8
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
And God gave the arch the name of Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
Genesis 1:9
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven come together in one place, and let the dry land be seen: and it was so.
Genesis 1:11
And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
And God said, Let grass come up on the earth, and plants producing seed, and fruit-trees giving fruit, in which is their seed, after their sort: and it was so.
Genesis 1:28
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Genesis 1:29
And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
And God said, See, I have given you every plant producing seed, on the face of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit producing seed: they will be for your food:
Job 26:7
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women.... For it was not customary with the Persians, nor other eastern nations, to admit of women to their festivals m, but they feasted by themselves. Who Vashti was is not known with any certainty. Bishop Usher, who takes Ahasuerus to be Darius Hystaspis, thinks Vashti was Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, whom he married. The Targumist says, she was the daughter of Evilmerodach, the son of Nebuchadnezzar. Her name seems to be the same with Vesta, a deity worshipped by the Persians, as Xenophon n, and signifies vehement fire, which was in great veneration with them; and therefore this queen is most likely to be of Persian original: she kept her feast
in the royal house which belonged to Ahasuerus; her guests not being so many, there was room enough in the king's palace for them, and where it was more decent for them to be than in the open air in the garden, and exposed to the sight of men.
m Justin c Trogo, l. 41. c. 3. n Cyropaedia, l. 1. c. 23.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Vashti - If Ahasuerus is Xerxes, Vashti would be Amestris, whom the Greeks regarded as the only legitimate wife of that monarch, and who was certainly married to him before he ascended the throne. The name may be explained either as a corruption of Amestris, or as a title, vahishta, (Sanskrit: vasishtha, the superlative of vasu, “sweet”); and it may be supposed that the disgrace recorded (Esther 1:19-21, see the note) was only temporary; Amestris in the later part of Xerxes’ reign recovering her former dignity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Esther 1:9. Also Vashti the queen — [Persian] Vashti is a mere Persian word; and signifies a beautiful or excellent woman.
Made a feast for the women — The king, having subdued all his enemies, left no competitor for the kingdom; and being thus quietly and firmly seated on the throne, made this a time of general festivity. As the women of the East never mingle with the men in public, Vashti made a feast for the Persian ladies by themselves; and while the men were in the court of the garden, the women were in the royal house.
