EST 1:12 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX (ESG 1:12) Καὶ οὐκ εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ Ἀστὶν ἡ βασίλισσα ἐλθεῖν μετὰ τῶν εὐνούχων· καὶ ἐλυπήθη ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ ὠργίσθη,
(Kai ouk eisaʸkousen autou Astin haʸ basilissa elthein meta tōn eunouⱪōn; kai elupaʸthaʸ ho basileus kai ōrgisthaʸ,)

BrTr (ESG 1:12) But queen Astin hearkened not to him to come with the chamberlains: so the king was grieved and angered.

ULT But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king that was by the hand of the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry, and his rage burned within him.

UST But when the guardians came and told Queen Vashti what the king had commanded, she refused to come. The guardians reported this to the king, and the king became very enraged.

BSB & MSB Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king ’s command [brought] by [his] eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

OEB But Queen Vashti refused to come as the king commanded through the eunuchs. Then the king became very angry and his fury burned within him.

WEBBE & WMBB But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burnt in him.

NET But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s bidding conveyed through the eunuchs. Then the king became extremely angry, and his rage consumed him.

LSV and the queen Vashti refuses to come in at the word of the king that [is] by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very angry, and his fury has burned in him.

FBV But when the eunuchs delivered the order from the king, Queen Vashti refused to come. The king became extremely angry—he was absolutely furious.

T4T But when those servants told Vashti what the king wanted, she refused to go to the king because she did not want to display her beauty in front of a group of half-drunk men.
¶ So that caused the king to become very angry.

LEB But Queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king that was _⌊conveyed by_⌋[fn] the eunuchs. And the king became very angry, and his anger burned in him.

1:12 Literally “by the hand of”

BBE But when the servants gave her the king's order, Vashti the queen said she would not come: then the king was very angry, and his heart was burning with wrath.

Moff But queen Vashti refused to come, when the eunuchs brought the king’s order. Then the king was furious, his anger blazed up,

JPS 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.

ASV 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.

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YLT and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that [is] by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.

Drby But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.

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

SLT And the queen Vashti will refuse to come in at the word of the king which was by the hand of the eunuchs: and the king will be angry greatly, and his wrath burnt in him.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burnt in him.)

1.12 by his…: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs

KJB-1611 But the Queene Uasthi refused to come at the Kings commandement [fn]by his chamberlens: therefore was the King very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
(But the Queen Uasthi refused to come at the Kings commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the King very wroth, and his anger burnt in him.)

1:12 Hebr. which was by the hand of his Eunuches.

Bshps But the queene Uasthi would not come at the kinges worde by his chamberlaynes: Then was the king very wroth, and his indignation kindled in hym.
(But the queen Uasthi would not come at the kings word by his chamberlains: Then was the king very wroth, and his indignation kindled in him.)

Gnva But the Queene Vashti refused to come at the Kings worde, which he had giuen in charge to the eunuches: therefore the King was very angry, and his wrath kindled in him.
(But the Queen Vashti refused to come at the Kings word, which he had given in charge to the eunuchs: therefore the King was very angry, and his wrath kindled in him.)

Cvdl But the quene Vasthi wolde not come at the kynges worde by his chamberlaynes. Then was the kynge very wroth, and his indignacio kyndled in him.
(But the queen Vasthi would not come at the kings word by his chamberlains. Then was the king very wroth, and his indignation kindled in him.)

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Luth Aber die Königin Vasthi wollte nicht kommen nach dem Wort des Königs durch seine Kämmerer. Da ward der König sehr zornig, und sein Grimm entbrannte in ihm.
(But the queen Vashti wanted not coming after to_him word the kings through his chamberlain/administrator. So what/which the/of_the king very angry, and be wrath/fury flared_up in him.)

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SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:10–22: Queen Vashti disobeyed the king and he removed her from her position as queen

Towards the end of the feast, when he had drunk too much wine, the king sent a message, ordering the queen to come to him so that he could show off her beauty to his guests. But she probably did not wish to be seen by a crowd of drunken, leering men, and so she refused. The king was very angry about the queen’s disobedience and asked his advisors what the law said about how she should be punished. The advisors said that the king should divorce the queen, in order to show all wives in the empire that they must obey their husbands. The king was pleased with this advice and issued a decree to inform everyone about it.

1:12a

Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs.

But when the servants gave the king’s message/order to Queen Vashti, she refused to obey.

1:12b

And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

When he heard this, the king became very angry.

became furious, and his anger burned within him: The Hebrew uses two expressions to show how very angry the king was. You need to decide whether you should use two expressions in your language or just one very strong expression to show the same thing.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וַ⁠תְּמָאֵ֞ן הַ⁠מַּלְכָּ֣ה וַשְׁתִּ֗י לָ⁠בוֹא֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_refused the,queen Vashti to,come at,the_word_of the=king which/who [was]_by,the_hand_of the=officials and,he_was_angry the=king very and,rage_of,his burnt in=him/it )

You can put the events in chronological order and say first that the eunuchs told Vashti what the king had commanded and then say that she refused to come.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠תְּמָאֵ֞ן הַ⁠מַּלְכָּ֣ה וַשְׁתִּ֗י לָ⁠בוֹא֙

If your language needs to give a reason why she refused, it is most likely because she did not want a group of drunken men staring at her lustfully.

בִּ⁠דְבַ֣ר הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

Alternate translation: [at the king’s command] or [what the king wanted]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠יַ֣ד הַ⁠סָּרִיסִ֑ים

Here, hand refers to the eunuchs themselves, viewed through their action of telling Vashti what the king had commanded. Alternation translation: “when those servants told Queen Vashti what the king wanted”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

הַ⁠סָּרִיסִ֑ים

See how you translated this term in 1:10.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וַ⁠יִּקְצֹ֤ף הַ⁠מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ מְאֹ֔ד וַ⁠חֲמָת֖⁠וֹ בָּעֲרָ֥ה בֽ⁠וֹ

These two phrases mean similar things. The repetition is used to emphasize the idea that they are expressing. You could combine them as UST does by saying, “The king became so angry that he could barely contain himself.”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠חֲמָת֖⁠וֹ בָּעֲרָ֥ה בֽ⁠וֹ

and,rage_of,his (Some words not found in UHB: and,she_refused the,queen Vashti to,come at,the_word_of the=king which/who [was]_by,the_hand_of the=officials and,he_was_angry the=king very and,rage_of,his burnt in=him/it )

Here the story uses a metaphor that pictures the king’s anger as a fire that burned inside of him. If your language has a different word picture that it uses to describe extreme anger, you can use that here. If not, you can translate plainly, “his anger continued to increase.”

Parallel EST 1:12

Section 1:10–22: Queen Vashti disobeyed the king and he removed her from her position as queen

1:12a

1:12b