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


In Context

1 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

2 Then said the king's servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may collect all the fair young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, into the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

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

5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite;

6 Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4And 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.

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 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.