EST 2:2 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) So some of the young men who served the king suggested to him, “Your majesty, you should get a new wife for yourself. You could tell your servants to look for young virgins who are very beautiful.

Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And the young men of the king who served him said, “Let them seek for the king young women who are virgins and pleasing of appearance.

UST So some of the young men who attended the king said to him, “Your majesty, you should get a new wife for yourself. You could tell your servants to look for young virgins who are very beautiful.

BSB § Then the king’s attendants proposed, “Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

OEB Then the king’s servants who waited upon him said, ‘Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king,

WEB Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

NET The king’s servants who attended him said, “Let a search be conducted in the king’s behalf for attractive young women.

LSV and servants of the king, his ministers, say, “Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

FBV His advisors suggested to him,[fn] “Why not order a search to find beautiful young virgins for Your Majesty?

2:2 This suggestion may have been more for themselves, since if the king did bring Vashti back, their lives could have been in danger as the architects of her downfall.

T4T So his personal servants said to him, “Your majesty, you should send some men to search throughout the empire for some beautiful young women/virgins for you.

LEB And the king’s servants attending him said, “Let them seek attractive young virgins for the king.

BBE Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

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JPS Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him: 'Let there be sought for the king young virgins fair to look on;

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BB Then sayde the kinges seruauntes that ministred vnto hym: Let there be faire young virgins sought for the king,
(Then said the kings servants that ministered unto him: Let there be faire young virgins sought for the king,)

GNV And the Kings seruants that ministred vnto him, sayd, Let them seeke for the King beautifull yong virgins,
(And the Kings servants that ministered unto him, said, Let them seek for the King beautifull yong virgins, )

CB Then sayde the kynges seruauntes: Let there be fayre yonge virgins soughte for the kynge,
(Then said the kings servants: Let there be fayre yonge virgins soughte for the king,)

WYC And the children and the mynystris of the kyng seiden to `the kyng, Damyselis, virgyns `and faire, be souyt to the kyng; and `men ben sent,
(And the children and the mynystris of the king said to `the king, Damyselis, virgyns `and faire, be souyt to the kyng; and `men been sent,)

LUT Da sprachen die Knaben des Königs, die ihm dieneten: Man suche dem Könige junge schöne Jungfrauen;
(So said the Knaben the kings, the him dieneten: Man suche to_him kinge junge schöne Yungfrauen;)

CLV dixeruntque pueri regis ac ministri ejus: Quærantur regi puellæ virgines ac speciosæ,
(dixeruntque pueri king ac ministri his: Quærantur regi puellæ virgines ac speciosæ, )

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

נַעֲרֵֽי־הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ מְשָׁרְתָ֑י⁠ו

servants the=king attended,him

These were not the older, wiser royal advisors whom Ahasuerus consulted in 1:13, but younger men who stood nearby the king ready to help with any practical needs. You could call them his personal servants.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ לַ⁠מֶּ֛לֶךְ נְעָר֥וֹת

a_search_~_made to/for=the_king young

Implicit in this suggestion is the idea, “You should get a new wife for yourself.” You can say that explicitly at the beginning of the advice that the young men gave to the king.

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ

a_search_~_made

Them refers to the servants that the king would send to do this. If this is unclear, you could say “servants” or “your servants.” Be sure to express this in a form that shows that it is a not a command but a respectful suggestion such as “You could send some men.” Alternate translation: “to look for”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

לַ⁠מֶּ֛לֶךְ

to/for=the_king

The young men speak to the king in the third person as a sign of respect. Alternatively, you could have them say “for yourself” or “on your behalf” if that would be clear but also respectful in your language

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

טוֹב֥וֹת מַרְאֶֽה

ones_beautiful_of appearance

As in 1:11, this is an idiom that means very beautiful.

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