EST 1:20 Parallel Verse View

Note: This view shows ‘verses’ which are not natural language units and hence sometimes only part of a sentence will be visible. Normally the OET discourages the reading of individual ‘verses’, but this view is only designed as a tool for doing comparisons of different translations. Click on any Bible version abbreviation down the left-hand side to see the verse in more of its context. The OET segments on this page are still very early looks into the unfinished texts of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check these texts in advance before using in public.

Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki: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 decree of the king will be heard that he will make for all his kingdom, though it is great. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the greatest to the least.”

UST That way, even though your empire is very large, everyone in it will hear about your decree and know that if any wife disobeys her husband, he can banish and divorce her just as you did to Vashti. Then all the women will respect and obey their husbands. This will be true of every husband in the empire.”

BSB The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”

OEB When the king’s decree which he makes is heard throughout his kingdom – great as it is – the wives of all classes will give honour to their husbands.’

WEBBE When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honour, both great and small.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.”

LSV and the sentence of the king that he makes has been heard in all his kingdom—for it [is] great—and all the wives give honor to their husbands, from great even to small.”

FBV When Your Majesty's decree is proclaimed throughout your vast empire, all wives will respect their husbands, highborn or lowborn.”

T4T Then, when everyone in your empire hears what you have commanded, all the women, including those who are important and those who are not important, will respect and obey their husbands.”

LEB No LEB EST book available

BBE And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.

Moff No Moff EST book available

JPS And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, great though it be, all the wives will give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.'

ASV And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

DRA And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide,) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.

YLT and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom — for it [is] great — and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'

Drby and when the king's edict which he shall make shall be heard throughout his realm — for it is great — all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, from the greatest to the least.

RV And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

SLT And the decree of the king which he shall make being heard in all his kingdom, (for it is great,) and all the women shall give honor to their husbands, to the great and even to the small.

Wbstr And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

KJB-1769 And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

KJB-1611 And when the kings decree, which he shal make, shalbe published throughout all his empire, (for it is great:) all the wiues shall giue to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps No Bshps EST book available

Gnva And when the decree of the King which shalbe made, shalbe published throughout all his kingdome (though it be great) all the women shall giue their husbands honour, both great and small.
(And when the decree of the King which shall be made, shall be published throughout all his kingdom (though it be great) all the women shall give their husbands honour, both great and small. )

Cvdl No Cvdl EST book available

Wycl No Wycl EST book available

Luth No Luth EST book available

ClVg Et hoc in omne (quod latissimum est) provinciarum tuarum divulgetur imperium, et cunctæ uxores, tam majorum quam minorum, deferant maritis suis honorem.
(And this in/into/on everything (quod latissimum est) of_the_provinces of_yours(pl) divulgetur government, and cunctæ wives, tam major/greaterum how minorum, deferant of_the_seatis to_his_own honour. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT EST book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠נִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַ⁠מֶּ֤לֶךְ

and,proclaimed decree_of the=king

You can say this with an active form, and you can say who will do the action. Alternate translation: [when everyone … hears]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

פִּתְגָ֨ם הַ⁠מֶּ֤לֶךְ

decree_of the=king

Memukan speaks to the king in third person as a form of respect. You could express the same meaning in the second person: “When they hear what you have commanded.” Alternate translation: [when they hear the king’s decree]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֲשֶֽׁר־יַעֲשֶׂה֙ בְּ⁠כָל־מַלְכוּת֔⁠וֹ

that he/it_made/did in=all his/its=kingdom

Even though the decree of Ahasuerus applied only to Vashti directly, implicitly it meant that all wives had to obey their husbands or else their husbands could banish and divorce them as well. You can say this explicitly at the end of the verse by saying, “because if any wife disobeys her husband, he can banish and divorce her, just as you did to Vashti.”

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

מַלְכוּת֔⁠וֹ

his/its=kingdom

Memukan speaks to the king in third person as a form of respect. Alternate translation: [for all your kingdom]

כִּ֥י רַבָּ֖ה הִ֑יא

that/for/because/then/when enough/great(fs) she/it

Alternate translation: [even though your empire is very large]

הַ⁠נָּשִׁ֗ים יִתְּנ֤וּ יְקָר֙ לְ⁠בַעְלֵי⁠הֶ֔ן

the,women give honour to,husbands_of,their

Alternate translation: [women will respect and obey their husbands]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

לְ⁠מִ⁠גָּד֖וֹל וְ⁠עַד־קָטָֽן

to,from,greatest and=unto least

This expression refers to all of the husbands in the empire. By naming both extremes, it includes everyone in between. You could just give the meaning, as UST does: “every husband in the empire.” Alternate translation: [this will be true for both the most important man and the least important man in the empire, and everyone in between]

Parallel EST 1:20