EST 1:15 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) “According to our law,” the king asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey my command when the servants passed it on to her?”

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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 “According to law, what is to be done with the queen Vashti on account of this, that she did not perform the command of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?”

UST The king said to them, “I sent those guardians to Queen Vashti with a command, but she did not obey me. According to the law, what should we do with her?”

BSB § “According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”

OEB ‘Queen Vashti’, the king said, ‘has failed to obey my royal command – the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs! What does the law say should be done to her?’

WEBBE “What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The king asked, “By law, what should be done to Queen Vashti in light of the fact that she has not obeyed the instructions of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?”

LSV “According to law, what should [I] do with Queen Vashti, because that she has not done the saying of King Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?”

FBV “What does the law say should be done with Queen Vashti?” he asked. “She refused to obey the direct order of King Xerxes as delivered by the eunuchs!”

T4T The king said to them, “Queen Vashti has refused to obey me when I sent my servants to tell her to come here. What do our laws say that we should do to someone who acts/behaves like that?”

LEB “According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she has not done the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed by[fn] the eunuchs?

1:15 Literally “by the hand of”

BBE What is to be done by law to Vashti the queen, because she has not done what King Ahasuerus, by his servants, gave her orders to do?

Moff No Moff EST book available

JPS 'What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, forasmuch as she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?'

ASV What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

DRA What sentence ought to pass upon Vasthi the queen, who had refused to obey the commandment of king Assuerus, which he had sent to her by the eunuchs?

YLT 'According to law, what — to do with queen Vashti, because that she hath not done the saying of the king Ahasuerus by the hand of the eunuchs?'

Drby What shall be done to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the word of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

RV What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Wbstr What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

KJB-1769 What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?[fn]
(What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath/has not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamber/roomlains? )

1.15 What…: Heb. What to do

KJB-1611 [fn]What shall wee doe vnto the Queene Uasthi, according to law, because she hath not performed the commandement of the king Ahasuerus, by the chamberlens?
(What shall we do unto the Queen Uasthi, according to law, because she hath/has not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus, by the chamber/roomlens?)

1:15 Hebr. what to doe?

Bshps What, shall we do vnto the queene Uasthi according to the lawe, because she dyd not according to the worde of the king Ahasuerus whiche he commaunded by his chamberlaynes?
(What, shall we do unto the queen Uasthi according to the law, because she did not according to the word of the king Ahasuerus which he commanded by his chamber/roomlaynes?)

Gnva What shall we do vnto the Queene Vashti according to the law, because she did not according to the worde of the King Ahashuerosh by the commission of the eunuches?
(What shall we do unto the Queen Vashti according to the law, because she did not according to the word of the King Ahashuerosh by the commission of the eunuches? )

Cvdl What lawe shulde be execute vpon the quene Vasthi, because she dyd not acordynge to the worde of the kynge by his chamberlaines.
(What law should be execute upon the queen Vasthi, because she did not according to the word of the king by his chamber/roomlaines.)

Wycl `the kyng axide hem, to what sentence the queen Vasthi schulde be suget, that nolde do the comaundement of kyng Assuerus, which he hadde sent bi the onest and chast seruauntis.
(`the king asked them, to what sentence the queen Vasthi should be subject, that nolde do the commandment of king Assuerus, which he had sent by the onest and chast servants.)

Luth was für ein Recht man an der Königin Vasthi tun sollte, darum daß sie nicht getan hatte nach dem Wort des Königs durch seine Kämmerer.
(was for a law man at the/of_the queen Vasthi do/put sollte, therefore that they/she/them not did had after to_him Wort the kings through his Kämmerer.)

ClVg cui sententiæ Vasthi regina subjaceret, quæ Assueri regis imperium, quod per eunuchos mandaverat, facere noluisset.
(cui sententiæ Vasthi regina subyaceret, which Assueri king government, that through eunuchos mandaverat, facere noluisset. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

כְּ⁠דָת֙ מַֽה־לַּ⁠עֲשׂ֔וֹת בַּ⁠מַּלְכָּ֖ה וַשְׁתִּ֑י עַ֣ל ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־עָשְׂתָ֗ה אֶֽת־מַאֲמַר֙ הַ⁠מֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ בְּ⁠יַ֖ד הַ⁠סָּרִיסִֽים

according_to,law what to,done in/on/at/with,queen Vashti on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who not performed DOM command the=king ʼAḩashəvērōshz in/on/at/with,hand_of the=officials

This verse presents the question that the king asked the wise men. It may be helpful to indicate this by saying something like “The king asked them.”

כְּ⁠דָת֙ & עַ֣ל ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר

according_to,law & on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who

Alternate translation: “What does the law say we should do … because … ?”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / events

בְּ⁠יַ֖ד הַ⁠סָּרִיסִֽים

in/on/at/with,hand_of the=officials

To present the events in chronological order, you can begin with the information that these men brought the command. Alternate translation: “Queen Vashti did not do what I told my servants to command her to do”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠יַ֖ד הַ⁠סָּרִיסִֽים

in/on/at/with,hand_of the=officials

Here, hand represents the action of doing or giving. The phrase means that the eunuchs were the ones who told Queen Vashti what King Ahasuerus had commanded her.

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

הַ⁠סָּרִיסִֽים

the=officials

See how you translated this term in 1:10.

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