Esther 1:17 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 1:17 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יֵצֵ֤א
yâtsâʼ
H3318
to go out
דְבַר
dâbâr
H1697
word
הַמַּלְכָּה֙
malkâh
H4436
queen
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַנָּשִׁ֔ים
ʼishshâh
H802
woman
לְהַבְז֥וֹת
bâzâh
H959
to despise
בַּעְלֵיהֶ֖ן
baʻal
H1167
husband
בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ן
ʻayin
H5869
eye
בְּאָמְרָ֗ם
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֡וֹשׁ
ʼĂchashvêrôwsh
H325
Ahasuerus
אָמַ֞ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לְהָבִ֨יא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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וַשְׁתִּ֧י
Vashtîy
H2060
Vashti
הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה
malkâh
H4436
queen
לְפָנָ֖יו
pânîym
H6440
face
וְלֹא
lôʼ
H3808
not
בָֽאָה
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn't come.
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King James Version Public Domain
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For the matter of the queen will go out to all the women in order to make their husbands despised in their eyes when they say, ‘The king Ahasuerus said to bring Vashti the queen before his face, but she did not come.’
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