Esther 1:8
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.
Context
This verse from Esther Chapter 1 connects to 5 cross-references. King Ahasuerus of Persia hosts a lavish 180-day display of his wealth, followed by a seven-day banquet; his queen Vashti simultaneously holds a banquet for the women. When Ahasuerus commands Vashti to appear before his guests to display her beauty, …
Autres traductions
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.
And the drinking <FI>is<Fi> 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.
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.
Références croisées
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lord’s hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken …
Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged …
Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the …
Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that …
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.