Esther 2:13 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 2:13

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Rabanus Maurus

Commentary on Esther (856)

For any soul that strives to hurry to the bed of the heavenly Groom receives from its teachers the adornment that is appropriate to it, and with which it shows itself more devoted to the understanding of the faith and the knowledge of virtue, so …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Desired - For ornament, or by way of attendance. And it should be observed, that every one whom the king took to his bed, was his wife of a lower rank, as Hagar was Abraham's, so that it would have been no sin or dishonour to Esther, though she had not been made queen.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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, color, jewels, etc., they thought best to set off their persons, and render them more engaging, should be given them.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּבָזֶ֕ה	u.va.Zeh	and in this [way]	H2088 →
הַֽנַּעֲרָ֖ה	ha.na.'a.Rah	the young woman	H5291 →
בָּאָ֣ה	ba.'Ah	[was] going	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	into	H413 →
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
אֵת֩	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר	'a.Sher	that	H834 →
תֹּאמַ֜ר	to.Mar	she said	H559 →
יִנָּ֤תֵֽן	yi.Na.ten	it was given	H5414 →
לָהּ֙	lah	to <the> her
לָב֣וֹא	la.Vo'	to go	H935 →
עִמָּ֔הּ	'i.Mah	with her	H5973 →
מִבֵּ֥ית	mi.Beit	from [the] house of	H1004 →
הַנָּשִׁ֖ים	ha.na.Shim	the women	H802 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →