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Parallel EST 2:2

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BI Est 2:2 ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal(All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV)So some of the young men who served the king suggested to him, “Your majesty, you should get a new wife for yourself. You could tell your servants to look for young virgins who are very beautiful.

OET-LVAnd_ the_young_men_of _they_said the_king attended_of_him let_people_seek to/for_the_king young_women virgins good_of appearance.

UHBוַ⁠יֹּאמְר֥וּ נַעֲרֵֽי־הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ מְשָׁרְתָ֑י⁠ו יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ לַ⁠מֶּ֛לֶךְ נְעָר֥וֹת בְּתוּל֖וֹת טוֹב֥וֹת מַרְאֶֽה׃
   (va⁠yyoʼmə naˊₐrēy-ha⁠mmelek məshārətāy⁠v yəⱱaqshū la⁠mmelek nəˊārōt bətūlōt ţōⱱōt marʼeh.)

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).

BrLXXNo BrLXX EST book available

BrTrNo BrTr EST book available

ULTAnd the young men of the king who served him said, “Let them seek for the king young women who are virgins and pleasing of appearance.

USTSo some of the young men who attended the king said to him, “Your majesty, you should get a new wife for yourself. You could tell your servants to look for young virgins who are very beautiful.

BSB Then the king’s attendants proposed,“Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king,

MSB (Same as above)


OEBThen the king’s servants who waited upon him said, ‘Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king,

WEBBEThen the king’s servants who served him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.

WMBB (Same as above)

NETThe king’s servants who attended him said, “Let a search be conducted in the king’s behalf for attractive young women.

LSVand servants of the king, his ministers, say, “Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

FBVHis advisors suggested to him,[fn] “Why not order a search to find beautiful young virgins for Your Majesty?


2:2 This suggestion may have been more for themselves, since if the king did bring Vashti back, their lives could have been in danger as the architects of her downfall.

T4TSo his personal servants said to him, “Your majesty, you should send some men to search throughout the empire for some beautiful young women/virgins for you.

LEBNo LEB EST book available

BBEThen the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

MoffNo Moff EST book available

JPSThen said the king's servants that ministered unto him: 'Let there be sought for the king young virgins fair to look on;

ASVThen said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

DRAAnd the king’s servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,

YLTand servants of the king, his ministers, say, 'Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

DrbyThen said the king's servants that attended upon him, Let there be maidens, virgins of beautiful countenance, sought for the king;

RVThen said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

SLTAnd the king’s young men will say, those serving him, They shall seek for the king, maidens, virgins good of appearance:

WbstrThen said the king's servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

KJB-1769Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:

KJB-1611Then saide the kings seruants, that ministred vnto him, Let there bee faire yong virgins sought for the king:
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

BshpsNo Bshps EST book available

GnvaAnd the Kings seruants that ministred vnto him, sayd, Let them seeke for the King beautifull yong virgins,
   (And the Kings servants that ministered unto him, said, Let them seek for the King beautiful young virgins, )

CvdlNo Cvdl EST book available

WyclNo Wycl EST book available

LuthNo Luth EST book available

ClVgdixeruntque pueri regis ac ministri ejus: Quærantur regi puellæ virgines ac speciosæ,
   (they_saidque children king and ministers his: Quærantur to_rule puellæ virgins and speciosæ, )

RP-GNTNo RP-GNT EST book available


HAPHebrew accents and phrasing: See Allan Johnson's Hebrew accents and phrasing analysis.

UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

נַעֲרֵֽי־הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ מְשָׁרְתָ֑י⁠ו

servants_of the=king attended_of,him

These were not the older, wiser royal advisors whom Ahasuerus consulted in [1:13](../01/13.md), but younger men who stood nearby the king ready to help with any practical needs. You could call them his personal servants.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ לַ⁠מֶּ֛לֶךְ נְעָר֥וֹת

a_search_~_made to/for=the_king young

Implicit in this suggestion is the idea, “You should get a new wife for yourself.” You can say that explicitly at the beginning of the advice that the young men gave to the king.

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

יְבַקְשׁ֥וּ

a_search_~_made

Them refers to the servants that the king would send to do this. If this is unclear, you could say “servants” or “your servants.” Be sure to express this in a form that shows that it is a not a command but a respectful suggestion such as “You could send some men.” Alternate translation: [to look for]

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

לַ⁠מֶּ֛לֶךְ

to/for=the_king

The young men speak to the king in the third person as a sign of respect. Alternatively, you could have them say “for yourself” or “on your behalf” if that would be clear but also respectful in your language

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

טוֹב֥וֹת מַרְאֶֽה

ones_beautiful_of appearance

As in 1:11, this is an idiom that means very beautiful.

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