Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThen said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,
and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,
Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEsther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.
- Author
- Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
- Date
- Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC