2Then the king's servants who served him said, |Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.


In Context

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

2 Then the king's servants who served him said, |Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

3 Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the beautiful young virgins to the citadel of Susa, to the women's house, to the custody of Hegai the king's eunuch, keeper of the women. Let cosmetics be given them;

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

Esther 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:2Then the king's personal attendants proposed, "Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2Then said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2and servants of the king, his ministers, say, 'Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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