EST 1:21 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) This seemed like a good idea to the king and his officials, so King Ahasuerus followed the advice of Memukan

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 word seemed good in the eyes of the king and the officials. And the king acted according to the word of Memukan.

UST This seemed like a good idea to the king and his officials. So King Ahasuerus followed the advice of Memukan.

BSB § The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.

OEB The proposal pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan advised.

WEBBE This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The matter seemed appropriate to the king and the officials. So the king acted on the advice of Memucan.

LSV And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king does according to the word of Memucan,

FBV This advice looked good to the king and the nobles, so the king did what Memucan had said.

T4T The king and the other officials liked what Memucan suggested, so he did that. He wrote a law proclaiming that.

LEB This advice pleased the king[fn] and the officials, and the king acted according to the word of Memucan.

1:21 Literally “The word was good in the eyes of the king

BBE And this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;

Moff No Moff EST book available

JPS And the word pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan;

ASV And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

DRA His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

YLT And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

Drby And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

RV And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Wbstr And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

KJB-1769 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:[fn]

1.21 pleased…: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king

KJB-1611 And the saying [fn]pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
(Same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

1:21 Heb. was good in the eyes of the king.

Bshps Thus saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the worde of Memucan.
(Thus saying pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan.)

Gnva And this saying pleased the King and the princes, and the King did according to the worde of Memucan.
(And this saying pleased the King and the princes, and the King did according to the word of Memucan. )

Cvdl This pleased the kynge and the prynces, and the kynge dyd acordynge to the worde of Memuchan.
(This pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memuchan.)

Wycl His counsel pleside the kyng and the prynces, and the kyng dide bi the counsel of Manucha;
(His council/counsel pleased the king and the princes, and the king did by the council/counsel of Manucha;)

Luth Das gefiel dem Könige und den Fürsten; und der König tat nach dem Wort Memuchans.
(The liked to_him kings/king and the Fürsten; and the/of_the king did after to_him Wort Memuchans.)

ClVg Placuit consilium ejus regi et principibus: fecitque rex juxta consilium Mamuchan,
(Placuit consilium his regi and principibus: fecitque king next_to consilium Mamuchan, )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּיטַב֙ הַ⁠דָּבָ֔ר בְּ⁠עֵינֵ֥י הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ

and,he_was_pleasing the,advice in/on=both_eyes_of the=king

Like “if it is good to the king” in verse 19, this is an idiom that means the king thought this was a good idea or this advice pleased the king.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בְּ⁠עֵינֵ֥י הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ וְ⁠הַ⁠שָּׂרִ֑ים

in/on=both_eyes_of the=king and,the,officials

Here, eyes stand for seeing, and seeing is a metaphor for knowledge, notice, attention, or judgment. The phrase means that King Ahasuerus and all the officials who heard Memukan’s advice thought that his suggestion was a good idea.

וַ⁠יַּ֥עַשׂ הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ כִּ⁠דְבַ֥ר מְמוּכָֽן

and=he/it_made the=king as,proposed Memucan

This means that King Ahasuerus wrote a law proclaiming what Memukan had suggested.

Note 3 topic: translate-names

מְמוּכָֽן

Memucan

Translate his name as in 1:14.

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