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Contemporary English Version

Esther 2:13

When a young woman went to the king, she could wear whatever clothes or jewelry she chose from the women's living quarters.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Chamberlain;   Lasciviousness;   Marriage;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Medo-Persian Kingdom;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Esther;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 15;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the palace.
Hebrew Names Version
then in this wise came the maiden to the king: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
King James Version
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
English Standard Version
when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.
New Century Version
Then she was ready to go to the king. Anything she asked for was given to her to take with her from the women's quarters to the king's palace.
New English Translation
the woman would go to the king in the following way: Whatever she asked for would be provided for her to take with her from the harem to the royal palace.
Amplified Bible
then the young woman would go before the king in this way: anything that she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem into the king's palace.
New American Standard Bible
the young woman would go in to the king in this way: anything that she desired was given her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.
World English Bible
then in this wise came the maiden to the king: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thus went the maides vnto the King) whatsoeuer she required, was giuen her, to go wt her out of the womens house vnto ye kings house.
Legacy Standard Bible
then the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she said she desired was given to her to come with her from the harem to the king's house.
Berean Standard Bible
When the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then, when the girl went to see the king, whatever she wanted would be given to her as she went from the harem's house to the king's palace.
Darby Translation
and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
Easy-to-Read Version
When her time came to go in to the king, she could choose to wear or take whatever she wanted from the women's living area.
George Lamsa Translation
Then thus came every maiden before the king; whatever she de sired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the kings house.
Good News Translation
When she went from the harem to the palace, she could wear whatever she wanted.
Lexham English Bible
in this way, the girl goes to the king and all that she asks is given to her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.
Literal Translation
And in this way the young woman goes in to the king. All she says is given to her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
then wente there one damsell vnto ye kynge, and what so euer she requyred, yt must be geue her to go wt her out of the Womens buyldinge vnto ye kynges palace.
American Standard Version
then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: Whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
Bible in Basic English
And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thus went the maydens vnto the king) whatsoeuer she required, that must be geuen her to go with her out of the womens buylding vnto the kinges palace.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
when then the maiden came unto the king, whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
King James Version (1611)
Then thus came euery maiden vnto the king, whatsoeuer she desired, was giuen her, to goe with her out of the house of the women, vnto the kings house.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And then the damsel goes in to the king; and the officer to whomsoever he shall give the command, will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.
English Revised Version
then in this wise came the maiden unto the king, whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei entriden to the kyng, and what euer thing perteynynge to ournement thei axiden, thei token; and thei weren araied as it pleside hem, and passiden fro the chaumbre of wymmen to the kyngis bed.
Update Bible Version
then in this wise the maiden came to the king: whatever she desired was given to her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
Webster's Bible Translation
Then thus came [every] maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
New King James Version
Thus prepared, each young woman went to the king, and she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the women's quarters to the king's palace.
New Living Translation
When it was time for her to go to the king's palace, she was given her choice of whatever clothing or jewelry she wanted to take from the harem.
New Life Bible
When the young woman went in to the king, whatever she wanted was given to her to take from the house of the king's women to the king's special house.
New Revised Standard
When the girl went in to the king she was given whatever she asked for to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then, indeed, the maiden came in unto the king, - whatsoever she might mention, was given her, to go with her, out of the house of the women up to the house of the king:
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they were going in to the king, whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves they received: and being decked out, as it pleased them, they passed from the chamber of the women to the king’s chamber.
Revised Standard Version
when the maiden went in to the king in this way she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.
Young's Literal Translation
and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she desired was given her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.

Contextual Overview

1 After a while, King Xerxes got over being angry. But he kept thinking about what Vashti had done and the law that he had written because of her. 2 Then the king's personal servants said: Your Majesty, a search must be made to find you some beautiful young women. 3 You can select officers in every province to bring them to the place where you keep your wives in the capital city of Susa. Put your servant Hegai in charge of them since that is his job. He can see to it that they are given the proper beauty treatments. 4 Then let the young woman who pleases you most take Vashti's place as queen. King Xerxes liked these suggestions, and he followed them. 5 At this time a Jew named Mordecai was living in Susa. His father was Jair, and his grandfather Shimei was the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. 6 Kish was one of the people that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem, when he took King Jeconiah of Judah to Babylonia. 7 Mordecai had a very beautiful cousin named Esther, whose Hebrew name was Hadassah. He had raised her as his own daughter, after her father and mother died. 8 When the king ordered the search for beautiful women, many were taken to the king's palace in Susa, and Esther was one of them. Hegai was put in charge of all the women, 9 and from the first day, Esther was his favorite. He began her beauty treatments at once. He also gave her plenty of food and seven special maids from the king's palace, and they had the best rooms. 10 Mordecai had warned Esther not to tell anyone that she was a Jew, and she obeyed him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Esther 2:11 - walked

Cross-References

Genesis 10:6
Ham's descendants had their own languages, tribes, and land. They were Ethiopia, Egypt, Put, and Canaan. Cush was the ancestor of Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. Raamah was the ancestor of Sheba and Dedan. Cush was also the ancestor of Nimrod, a mighty warrior whose strength came from the Lord . Nimrod is the reason for the saying, "You hunt like Nimrod with the strength of the Lord !" Nimrod first ruled in Babylon, Erech, and Accad, all of which were in Babylonia. From there Nimrod went to Assyria and built the great city of Nineveh. He also built Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, as well as Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah. Egypt was the ancestor of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines. Canaan's sons were Sidon and Heth. He was also the ancestor of the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Later the Canaanites spread from the territory of Sidon and went as far as Gaza in the direction of Gerar. They also went as far as Lasha in the direction of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim.
Isaiah 11:11
When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then thus came every virgin unto the king,.... When her twelve months were up, and she was purified in the manner before observed:

whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house; whatever she commanded the chamberlain was obliged to furnish her with, or grant it to her, whether for ornament, as jewels, rich apparel, c. or for attendance whatever prince or peer she required to accompany her to the king, was to be obtained for her, as the Targum: and everything for mirth, all kinds of songs, or instruments of music, as Jarchi.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 13. Whatsoever she desired — When any of the young women were called to go to the king, it appears that it was an ordinance that whatever kind of dress stuff, colour, jewels, &c., they thought best to set off their persons, and render them more engaging, should be given them.


 
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