EST 1:8 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) and it was served according to his rule: There is no compulsion to drink, but all of his servants were to give each guest however much they wanted.

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 And the drinking was according to the law “There is no compulsion,” for thus the king had established for every overseer of his house to do according to the desire of man by man.

UST Ahasuerus gave his guests a special privilege. He made the attendants who served the wine follow this rule: “No one has to drink if they do not want to.” All the guests could drink as little or as much as they wanted.

BSB By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

OEB The drinking was unrestricted, for the king had directed all the officers of his household to let each man do as he pleased.

WEBBE In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed all of his supervisors that they should do as everyone so desired.

LSV And the drinking [is] according to law, none is pressing, for so the king has appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.

FBV The king had ruled that there was to be no limit on how much a guest could drink; he had told his servants to give each guest whatever they wanted.

T4T There was a lot of wine, because the king wanted the guests to drink as much as they wanted. But the king told the servants that they should not force anyone to drink more than he wanted.

LEB There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed every official of his palace to do as each one pleased.

BBE And the drinking was in keeping with the law; no one was forced: for the king had given orders to all the chief servants of his house to do as was pleasing to every man.

Moff No Moff EST book available

JPS And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel; for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

ASV And the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

DRA Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of his nobles, that every man might take what he would.

YLT And the drinking [is] according to law, none is pressing, for so hath the king appointed for every chief one of his house, to do according to the pleasure of man and man.

Drby And the drinking was, according to commandment, without constraint; for so the king had appointed to all the magnates of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

RV And the drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

Wbstr And the drinking was according to the law; none constrained: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

KJB-1769 And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.

KJB-1611 And the drinking was according to the law, none did compell: for the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should doe according to euery mans pleasure.
(And the drinking was according to the law, none did compell: for the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every mans pleasure.)

Bshps And the drinking was by an order, none might compell: for so the king had appoynted to all the officers of his house, that they shoulde do according to euery mans pleasure.
(And the drinking was by an order, none might compell: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every mans pleasure.)

Gnva And the drinking was by an order, none might compel: for so the King had appoynted vnto all the officers of his house, that they should do according to euery mans pleasure.
(And the drinking was by an order, none might compel: for so the King had appointed unto all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every mans pleasure. )

Cvdl And no man was appoynted what he shulde drinke: for the kynge had commaunded all the officers of his house, that euery one shulde do as it lyked him.
(And no man was appointed what he should drink: for the king had commanded all the officers of his house, that every one should do as it liked him.)

Wycl And `noon was that constreynede `men not willynge to drynke; but so the kyng hadde ordeyned, `makynge souereyns of hise princes `to alle boordis, that ech man schulde take that, that he wolde.
(And `noon was that constrained `men not willynge to drink; but so the king had ordained, `makynge souereyns of his princes `to all boordis, that each man should take that, that he wolde.)

Luth Und man setzte niemand, was er trinken sollte; denn der König hatte allen Vorstehern in seinem Hause befohlen, daß ein jeglicher sollte tun, wie es ihm wohlgefiele.
(And man sat no_one, what/which he drink sollte; because the/of_the king had all Vorstehern in his house befohlen, that a jeglicher sollte do/put, like it him wohlgefiele.)

ClVg Nec erat qui nolentes cogeret ad bibendum, sed sicut rex statuerat, præponens mensis singulos de principibus suis ut sumeret unusquisque quod vellet.[fn]
(Nec was who nolentes cogeret to bibendum, but like king statuerat, præponens mensis singulos about principibus to_his_own as sumeret unusquisque that vellet. )

1.8 Unusquisque quod vellet, etc. Secundum velocitatem et capacitatem et utilitatem singulorum. Sic enim temperanda est prædicatio, ut in omnibus utilis fiat, nulli noceat, et inter omnium vitia, quasi gladius anceps transeat. Sic per superbiam rescindens auferat, ut non augeat timiditatem. Sic otiosis et torpentibus sollicitudinem operis imponens, ut inquietis et curiosis non augeat importunam actionem, et sic de cæteris.

1.8 Unusquisque that vellet, etc. After/Second velocitatem and capacitatem and utilitatem singulorum. So because temperanda it_is prælet_him_sayio, as in to_all utilis fiat, nulli noceat, and between omnium vitia, as_if gladius anceps transeat. So through superbiam rescindens auferat, as not/no augeat timiditatem. So otiosis and torpentibus sollicitudinem operis imponens, as inquietis and curiosis not/no augeat importunam actionem, and so about cæteris.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠הַ⁠שְּׁתִיָּ֥ה כַ⁠דָּ֖ת

and,the,drinking according_to_the,flagons

The abstract noun drinking refers here not to the action of drinking, but to the guidelines for serving drinks that the king had established for the banquet. Alternate translation: “Ahasuerus had established this rule for all his household attendants who served the wine”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵ֣ין אֹנֵ֑ס

not compulsion

This could mean one of two things: (1) No one would be stopped from drinking even if the attendants thought they had already had enough. Alternate translation: “there was to be no restriction on drinking” (2) There would be no requirement to drink. Alternate translation: “no one must be forced to drink” Either way, this was another sign of the generosity that the king showed as he hosted this banquet to thank the people who worked for him. Either he was: (1) allowing them to drink as much as they wanted to, or (2) not requiring them to eat and drink everything that was served at a banquet as guests of the king would usually be expected to do. You could say explicitly at the beginning of the verse that the king was giving his guests a special privilege.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּי־כֵ֣ן ׀ יִסַּ֣ד הַ⁠מֶּ֗לֶךְ עַ֚ל כָּל־רַ֣ב בֵּית֔⁠וֹ לַ⁠עֲשׂ֖וֹת כִּ⁠רְצ֥וֹן אִישׁ־וָ⁠אִֽישׁ

that/for/because/then/when so given_orders the=king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every great//chief/captain palace,his for=doing as,desired (a)_man and,man

This explains why no one had to drink if they did not want to. If it would be helpful in your language, you could give this explanation (the reason) before the result that it accounts for, using a connecting word like “so.” You could say, “The king had established for every overseer of his house to do according to the desire of man by man, so the drinking was according to the law, ‘There is no compulsion.’” Alternate translation: “the king made the attendants who served the wine follow this rule”

לַ⁠עֲשׂ֖וֹת כִּ⁠רְצ֥וֹן אִישׁ־וָ⁠אִֽישׁ

for=doing as,desired (a)_man and,man

Alternate translation: “the king wanted every guest to be able to drink as much as he wanted” or “all the guests could drink as little or as much as they wanted”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִישׁ־וָ⁠אִֽישׁ

(a)_man and,man

This is an idiom that means “everyone.”

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