1That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.


In Context

1 That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.

2 It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

3 "What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?" the king asked. "Nothing has been done for him," his attendants answered.

Esther 6:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:1On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:1That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:1On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:1On that night could not the king sleep; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1In that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1On that night, the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:1On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:1On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.