Esther 1:11
Esther chapter 1 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000to 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611To 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901to 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.
Context
v.10On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
v.11This passage
v.12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 6:8
let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:
- 2 Samuel 14:25
Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.
- Proverbs 16:9
A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.
- Mark 6:21
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee;
- Proverbs 23:29
Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?
- Proverbs 31:30
Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.