4And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested.


In Context

1 After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done end what she had suffered:

2 And the king's servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,

3 And let some persons be sent through all the provinces to look for beautiful maidens and virgins: and let them bring them to the city of Susan, and put them into the house of the women under the hand of Egeus the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper of the king's women: and let them receive women's ornaments, and other things necessary for their use.

4 And whosoever among them all shall please the king's eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested.

5 There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini,

6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away Jechonias king of Juda,

Esther 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4Then let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This advice appealed to the king, and he followed it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:4and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4and let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4And let the maiden who pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.| The thing pleased the king, and he did so.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;' and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And let the maiden which pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.