Esther 2:4
“And let the maiden which pleaseth the king, bee Queene in stead of Uasthi. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so.”
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Esther 2:4 Context
2Then saide the kings seruants, that ministred vnto him, Let there bee faire yong virgins sought for the king: 3And let the king appoint officers in all the prouinces of his kingdome, that they may gather together all the faire yong virgins vnto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women vnto the custodie of Hege the kings chamberlaine, keeper of the women, and let their things for purification bee giuen them: 4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king, bee Queene in stead of Uasthi. And the thing pleased the king, and he did so. 5¶ Now in Shushan the palace, there was a certaine Iew, whose name was Mordecai, the sonne of Iair, the sonne of Shimei, the sonne of Kish, a Beniamite, 6Who had bene caried away from Ierusalem, with the captiuitie which had bene caried away with Ieconiah king of Iudah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon had caried away.
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And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
- King James Version
"Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.
- Basic English Bible
And let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
- Darby Bible
And let the maiden who pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
- Webster's Bible
and let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." The thing pleased the king, and he did so.
- World English Bible
and 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.
- Youngs Literal Bible
and let the maiden that pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti.' And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible