21This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:


In Context

18 Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's deed will tell all the king's princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.

19 |If it please the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.

20 When the king's decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.|

21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

22 for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.

Esther 1:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:21The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memucan proposed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:21His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:21And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: