Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

to bring Queen Vashti before the king {with her royal crown} to show the people and the officials her beauty, {for she was very attractive}.

New American Standard Bible

to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown in order to display her beauty to the people and the princes, for she was beautiful.

King James Version

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

Holman Bible

to bring Queen Vashti before him with her royal crown. He wanted to show off her beauty to the people and the officials, because she was very beautiful.

International Standard Version

to bring Queen Vashti to the king, wearing the royal crown to display her beauty to the people and the officials, since she was lovely to look at.

A Conservative Version

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to show the peoples and the rulers her beauty, for she was fair to look on.

American Standard Version

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to look on.

Amplified

to bring Queen Vashti before the king, wearing her royal crown (high turban), to display her beauty before the people and the officials, for she was lovely to see.

Bible in Basic English

That Vashti the queen was to come before him, crowned with her crown, and let the people and the captains see her: for she was very beautiful.

Darby Translation

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was of beautiful countenance.

Julia Smith Translation

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown of the kingdom, to cause the people and the chiefs to see her beauty: for she was good of appearance.

King James 2000

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look upon.

Modern King James verseion

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, in order to show the people and the princes her beauty, for she was beautiful to look on.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

to fetch the queen Vashti with the crown regal, that he might show the people and princes her fairness: for she was beautiful.

NET Bible

to bring Queen Vashti into the king's presence wearing her royal high turban. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for she was very attractive.

New Heart English Bible

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the officials her beauty; for she was beautiful.

The Emphasized Bible

to bring in Vashti the queen, with the royal crown, - to show the peoples and the rulers her beauty, for, of pleasing appearance, was she.

Webster

To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

World English Bible

to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.

Youngs Literal Translation

to bring in Vashti the queen before the king, with a royal crown, to shew the peoples and the heads her beauty, for she is of good appearance,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
To bring

come, bring, ... in, enter, go, carry, ...down, pass, ...out,
Usage: 0

ושׁתּי 
Vashtiy 
Usage: 10

the queen
מלכּה 
Malkah 
Usage: 35

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

with the crown
כּתר 
Kether 
Usage: 3

מלכיּה מלכת מלכוּת 
Malkuwth 
Usage: 91

to shew
ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

the people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

and the princes
שׂר 
Sar 
Usage: 421

יפי 
Yophiy 
Usage: 19

References

American

Easton

Context Readings

Queen Vashti Refuses The King's Request

10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, seven of the eunuchs attending King Ahasuerus, 11 to bring Queen Vashti before the king {with her royal crown} to show the people and the officials her beauty, {for she was very attractive}. 12 But Queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king that [was] {conveyed by} the eunuchs. And the king became very angry, and his anger burned in him.

Cross References

1 Samuel 25:3

The name of the man [was] Nabal, and the name of his wife [was] Abigail. Now the woman [was] wise and beautiful, but the man [was] stubborn and {mean}, and he [was] as his heart.

2 Samuel 14:25

As far as Absalom, there was not a more handsome man in all of Israel to admire so much; from the sole of his foot up to his crown, there was no physical defect on him.

Esther 2:17

And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won his favor and loyalty more than all the virgins, so he put a {royal crown} on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Esther 6:8

let them bring {royal clothing} with which the king has clothed himself, and a horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal head-dress has been given.

Proverbs 16:9

The {mind} of a person will plan his ways, and Yahweh will direct his steps.

Proverbs 23:29-33

To whom [is] woe? To whom [is] sorrow? To whom [are] quarrels? To whom [is] complaint? To whom [are] wounds without cause? To whom [is] redness of [the] eyes?

Proverbs 31:30

Charm [is] deceit and beauty [is] vain; [but] a woman who fears Yahweh shall be praised.

Mark 6:21-22

And a suitable day came when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers and military tribunes and the most prominent [men] of Galilee.

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