Esther 1:21

Wycliffe Bible

His counsel pleside the kyng and the prynces, and the kyng dide bi the counsel of Manucha;

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:

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.

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Therfor in the seuenthe dai, whanne the kyng was gladdere, and was hoot of wiyn aftir ful myche drinkyng, he comaundide Nauman, and Baracha, and Arbana, and Gabatha, and Zarath, and Abgatha, and Charchas, seuene oneste and chast seruauntis, `that mynistriden in his siyt, <sup>11</sup> that thei schulden brynge in bifor the kyng the queen Vasti, with a diademe set on hir heed, to schewe hir fairnesse to alle the puplis and prynces; for sche was ful fair. <sup>12</sup> And sche forsook, and dispiside to come at the comaundement of the kyng, which he hadde sent bi the oneste and chast seruauntes. Wherfor the kyng was wrooth, and kyndlid bi fulgreet woodnesse; and he axide the wise men, <sup>13</sup> whiche bi the `kyngis custom weren euere with hym, and he dide alle thingis bi the counsel of hem, kunnynge the lawis and ritis of grettere men; ¹⁴ forsothe the firste and the nexte weren Carsena, and Sechaaba, Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Manucha, seuene duykis of Persis and of Medeis, that sien the face of the kyng, and weren wont to sitte the firste aftir hym; ¹⁵ `the kyng axide hem, to what sentence the queen Vasthi schulde be suget, that nolde do the comaundement of kyng Assuerus, which he hadde sent bi the onest and chast seruauntis. <sup>16</sup> And Manucha answeride, in audience of the kyng and of the pryncis, The queen Vasthi hath not oneli dispisid the kyng, but alle the pryncis and puplis, that ben in alle prouynces of kyng Assuerus. <sup>17</sup> For the word of the queen schal go out to alle wymmen, that thei dispise her hosebondis, and seie, Kyng Assuerus comaundide, that the queen Vasthi schulde entre to hym, and sche nolde. <sup>18</sup> And bi this saumple alle the wyues of prynces of Persis and of Medeis schulen dispise the comaundementis of hosebondis; wherfor the indignacioun of the kyng is iust. <sup>19</sup> If it plesith to thee, `a comaundement go out fro thi face, and `be writun bi the lawe of Persis and of Medeis, which it is vnleueful to be passid, that Vasthi entre no more to the kyng, but anothir womman, which is betere than sche, take `the rewme of hir.

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

Cross-References

Genesis 1:18
and that tho schulden be bifore to the dai and nyyt, and schulden departe liyt and derknesse. And God seiy that it was good.

Genesis 1:24
And God seide, The erthe brynge forth a lyuynge soul in his kynde, werk beestis, and `crepynge beestis, and vnresonable beestis of erthe, bi her kyndis; and it was don so.

Genesis 1:25
And God made vnresonable beestis of erthe bi her kyndes, and werk beestis, `and ech crepynge beeste of erthe in his kynde. And God seiy that it was good; and seide,

Genesis 1:26
Make we man to oure ymage and liknesse, and be he souereyn to the fischis of the see, and to the volatilis of heuene, and to vnresonable beestis of erthe, and to ech creature, and to ech `crepynge beest, which is moued in erthe.

Genesis 1:31
And God seiy alle thingis whiche he made, and tho weren ful goode. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the sixte day.

Genesis 6:20
of briddis bi her kynde, and of werk beestis in her kynde, and of ech crepynge beeste of erthe, by her kynde; tweyne and tweyne of alle schulen entre with thee, that thei moun lyue.

Genesis 7:14
Thei entriden, and ech beeste bi his kynde, and alle werk beestis in her kynde, and ech beeste which is moued on erthe in his kynde, and ech volatil bi his kynde; alle briddis and alle volatils entriden to Noe in to the schip,

Genesis 8:17
and lede out with thee alle lyuynge beestis that ben at thee of ech fleisch, as wel in volatilis as in vnresonable beestis, and alle `reptils that crepen on erthe; and entre ye on the erthe, encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied on erthe.

Genesis 8:19
but also alle lyuynge beestis, and werk beestis, and `reptils that crepen on erthe, bi her kynde, yeden out of the schip.

Genesis 9:7
Forsothe encreesse ye, and be ye multiplied, and entre ye on erthe, and fille ye it, Also the Lord seide thes thingis to Noe,

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.