Esther 1:16 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 1:16

And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.

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ASV

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.

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Rabanus Maurus

EXPLANATION ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER 2 (856)

The advice which King Ahasuerus asks of his seven sages who were, according to royal custom always by his side, concerning the insolent Vashti—as well as the sentence he orders them to pass concerning her—undoubtedly signifies the sentence our Savior passes against the arrogance of …

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Vashti - hath not done wrong to the king only - This reasoning or arguing was inconsequent and false. Vashti had not generally disobeyed the king, therefore she could be no precedent for the general conduct of the Persian women. She disobeyed only in one particular; and this, to serve a purpose, Memucan draws into a general consequence; and the rest came to the conclusion which he drew, being either too drunk to be able to discern right from wrong, or too intent on reducing the women to a state of vassalage, to neglect the present favorable opportunity.

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Original language & word study

24 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מְמוּכָ֗ן	mu.me.khan	Memucan	H4462 →
לִפְנֵ֤י	lif.Nei	<to> before	H6440 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
וְהַשָּׂרִ֔ים	ve.ha.sa.Rim	and the officials	H8269 →
לֹ֤א	lo'	not	H3808 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
לְבַדּ֔וֹ	le.va.Do	to only him	H905 →
עָוְתָ֖ה	'a.ve.Tah	she did wrong	H5753 →
וַשְׁתִּ֣י	vash.Ti	Vashti	H2060 →
הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה	ha.mal.Kah	the queen	H4436 →
כִּ֤י	ki	for	H3588 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הַשָּׂרִים֙	ha.sa.Rim	the officials	H8269 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים	ha.'a.Mim	the peoples	H5971 →
אֲשֶׁ֕ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
בְּכָל־	be.khol	[are] in all	H3605 →
מְדִינ֖וֹת	me.di.Not	[the] provinces of	H4082 →
הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֲחַשְׁוֵרֽוֹשׁ׃	'a.chash.ve.Ro.osh	Ahasuerus	H325 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 25:10
Paul replied, “I am standing before the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 4:2
  Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to…
- Matthew 27:18
  For he knew it was out of envy that they had handed Jesus over to him.
- Acts 26:31
  On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
- Acts 28:18
  They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
- Acts 25:25
  But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
Through
Acts 18:14
But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:14–15
  But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- Hebrews 5:2
  He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
- 2 Corinthians 11:4
  For if someone comes and proclaims a Jesus other than the One we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the One you received, or a different gospel than the one you…

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Queen Vashti Refuses to Obey Ahasuerus' Command — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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About Esther