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Esther 1:16

King James Version (KJV)

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Translations

Esther 1:16 - Amplified Bible

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not only done wrong to the king but also to all the princes and to all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 - American Standard Version

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 - Bible in Basic English

And before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus;

Esther 1:16 - Darby Bible

Then said Memucan before the king and the princes, The queen Vashti has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 - English Standard Version

Then Memucan said in the presence of the king and the officials, "Not only against the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also against all the officials and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 - King James Version

And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 - La Biblia de las Americas

Y en presencia del rey y de los prìncipes, Memucán dijo: La reina Vasti no sòlo ha ofendido al rey sino también a todos los prìncipes y a todos los pueblos que están en todas las provincias del rey Asuero.

Esther 1:16 - The Message

Memucan spoke up in the council of the king and princes: "It’s not only the king Queen Vashti has insulted, it’s all of us, leaders and people alike in every last one of King Xerxes’ provinces. The word’s going to get out: ’Did you hear the latest about Queen Vashti? King Xerxes ordered her to be brought before him and she wouldn’t do it!’ When the women hear it, they’ll start treating their husbands with contempt. The day the wives of the Persian and Mede officials get wind of the queen’s insolence, they’ll be out of control. Is that what we want, a country of angry women who don’t know their place?

Esther 1:16 - New American Standard Bible

In the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, "Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but {also} all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

En presencia del rey y de los prìncipes, Memucán dijo: "La reina Vasti no sòlo ha ofendido al rey sino también a todos los prìncipes y a todos los pueblos que están en todas las provincias del rey Asuero.

Esther 1:16 - World English Bible

Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples who are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

Esther 1:16 - Young's Living Translation

And Memucan saith before the king and the heads, `Not against the king by himself hath Vashti the queen done perversely, but against all the heads, and against all the peoples that [are] in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus;

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