Devine Scripture

Esther 1:12

Esther chapter 1 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

But 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

But 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.

Context

v.11to 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.

v.12This passage

v.13Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 79:5

    How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

  • Nahum 1:6

    Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by him.

  • Daniel 3:13

    Then Nebuchadnezzar inhisrage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. Then they brought these men before the king.

  • Exodus 32:22

    And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil.

  • Ephesians 5:22

    Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

  • Psalms 74:1

    O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?