13The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women's house to the king's house.


In Context

10 Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

11 Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women's house, to find out how Esther did, and what would become of her.

12 Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).

13 The young woman then came to the king like this: whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the women's house to the king's house.

14 In the evening she went, and on the next day she returned into the second women's house, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who kept the concubines. She came in to the king no more, unless the king delighted in her, and she was called by name.

15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's eunuch, the keeper of the women, advised. Esther obtained favor in the sight of all those who looked at her.

Esther 2:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Then thus came [every] maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:13And when they were going in to the king, whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves they received: and being decked out, as it pleased them, they passed from the chamber of the women to the king's chamber.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:13then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:13then in this wise came the maiden unto the king, whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:13and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:13Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.