Esther taken to the palace
After this, when King Ahasuerus had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her. Then the king's attendants said, Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king. Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, into the care of Hege the king's official, keeper of the women. And let their things for purification be given them. And let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. The idea pleased the king, and he did it. Now there was a Jew in Shushan the palace named Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite, who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the exiles taken with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried away. And he had brought up Hadassah — that is, Esther — his uncle's daughter, because she had neither father nor mother. The girl was lovely in form and face, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. So when the king's command and order were heard, and many girls were gathered to Shushan the palace into the care of Hegai, Esther was also taken into the king's house, into the care of Hegai, keeper of the women. And the girl pleased him and won his kindness. He quickly gave her the things for her purification, the things that belonged to her, and seven suitable maids from the king's house; and he moved her and her maids to the best place in the women's quarters. Esther hadn't told anyone her people or her family, because Mordecai had told her not to. And every day Mordecai walked up and down in front of the courtyard of the women's quarters, to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her. Now each girl's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had been through twelve months of what was prescribed for the women — six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and other treatments. And this is how each girl went to the king: she was given whatever she asked for to take with her from the women's quarters into the king's house. She went in the evening, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, into the care of Shaashgaz, the king's official who kept the concubines. She went in to the king no more unless he delighted in her and called her by name. Now when the turn came for Esther, daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's official, keeper of the women, advised. And Esther won the favour of everyone who saw her. So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she won his favour and goodwill more than all the rest of the girls. So he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. Then the king put on a great feast for all his officials and servants — Esther's feast. He granted a release to the provinces and gave gifts befitting a king.
After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had died down, he remembered Vashti and what she'd done and what was ordered against her. Then the king's servants who served him said: Let beautiful young virgins be looked for for the king. And let the king set officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, so they can gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Susa the palace, to the house of the women, into the care of Hegai the king's officer, keeper of the women. And let their beauty treatments be given them. And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did that. Now in Susa the palace there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjamite, who'd been carried off from Jerusalem with the captives who were carried off with Jehoiachin king of Judah, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off. And he'd brought up Hadassah, that's Esther, his uncle's daughter. Because she had no father or mother. And the young woman was lovely and beautiful. And when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. So when the king's order and his rule were heard, and when plenty of young women were gathered together to Susa the palace into the care of Hegai, Esther was brought to the king's house too, into the care of Hegai, keeper of the women. And the young woman pleased him, and she got kindness from him. And he quickly gave her her beauty treatments, with the things that belonged to her, and seven chosen young women to be given her out of the king's house. And he moved her and her young women to the best place in the house of the women. Esther hadn't shown her people or her family, because Mordecai had ordered her not to show it. And Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the house of the women, to know how Esther was and what would happen to her. Now when every young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after she'd been twelve months according to the way of the women — because that's how the days of their treatments were filled, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet smells and with other things for cleaning the women — then the young woman came to the king like this: whatever she asked for was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house. She went in in the evening, and in the morning she came back to the second house of the women, into the care of Shaashgaz, the king's officer who kept the other women. She didn't come in to the king any more unless the king took delight in her and she was called by name. Now when the turn came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who'd taken her for his daughter, to go in to the king, she didn't ask for anything except what Hegai the king's officer, keeper of the women, said. And Esther got favour in the sight of everyone who looked at her. So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, that's the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she got favour and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins. So he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. Then the king put on a great feast for all his officials and his servants, Esther's feast. And he gave a holiday to the provinces and gave gifts, according to what the king could do.
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house. In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
After this, when King Ahasuerus had cooled down, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had died down, he remembered Vashti and what she'd done and what was ordered against her.
After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
Then the king's attendants said, Let a search be made for beautiful young virgins for the king.
Then the king's servants who served him said: Let beautiful young virgins be looked for for the king.
Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
Let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, into the care of Hege the king's official, keeper of the women. And let their things for purification be given them.
And let the king set officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, so they can gather together all the beautiful young virgins to Susa the palace, to the house of the women, into the care of Hegai the king's officer, keeper of the women. And let their beauty treatments be given them.
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
And let the girl who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. The idea pleased the king, and he did it.
And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king, and he did that.
And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
Now there was a Jew in Shushan the palace named Mordecai, son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite,
Now in Susa the palace there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai son of Jair son of Shimei son of Kish, a Benjamite,
Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the exiles taken with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried away.
who'd been carried off from Jerusalem with the captives who were carried off with Jehoiachin king of Judah, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried off.
Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
And he had brought up Hadassah — that is, Esther — his uncle's daughter, because she had neither father nor mother. The girl was lovely in form and face, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
And he'd brought up Hadassah, that's Esther, his uncle's daughter. Because she had no father or mother. And the young woman was lovely and beautiful. And when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
So when the king's command and order were heard, and many girls were gathered to Shushan the palace into the care of Hegai, Esther was also taken into the king's house, into the care of Hegai, keeper of the women.
So when the king's order and his rule were heard, and when plenty of young women were gathered together to Susa the palace into the care of Hegai, Esther was brought to the king's house too, into the care of Hegai, keeper of the women.
So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
And the girl pleased him and won his kindness. He quickly gave her the things for her purification, the things that belonged to her, and seven suitable maids from the king's house; and he moved her and her maids to the best place in the women's quarters.
And the young woman pleased him, and she got kindness from him. And he quickly gave her her beauty treatments, with the things that belonged to her, and seven chosen young women to be given her out of the king's house. And he moved her and her young women to the best place in the house of the women.
And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
Esther hadn't told anyone her people or her family, because Mordecai had told her not to.
Esther hadn't shown her people or her family, because Mordecai had ordered her not to show it.
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
And every day Mordecai walked up and down in front of the courtyard of the women's quarters, to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.
And Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the house of the women, to know how Esther was and what would happen to her.
And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
Now each girl's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after she had been through twelve months of what was prescribed for the women — six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfumes and other treatments.
Now when every young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after she'd been twelve months according to the way of the women — because that's how the days of their treatments were filled, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet smells and with other things for cleaning the women —
Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
And this is how each girl went to the king: she was given whatever she asked for to take with her from the women's quarters into the king's house.
then the young woman came to the king like this: whatever she asked for was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.
Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
She went in the evening, and in the morning she returned to the second house of the women, into the care of Shaashgaz, the king's official who kept the concubines. She went in to the king no more unless he delighted in her and called her by name.
She went in in the evening, and in the morning she came back to the second house of the women, into the care of Shaashgaz, the king's officer who kept the other women. She didn't come in to the king any more unless the king took delight in her and she was called by name.
In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
Now when the turn came for Esther, daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's official, keeper of the women, advised. And Esther won the favour of everyone who saw her.
Now when the turn came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who'd taken her for his daughter, to go in to the king, she didn't ask for anything except what Hegai the king's officer, keeper of the women, said. And Esther got favour in the sight of everyone who looked at her.
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal house, in the tenth month, the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, that's the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.
So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she won his favour and goodwill more than all the rest of the girls. So he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she got favour and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins. So he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
Then the king put on a great feast for all his officials and servants — Esther's feast. He granted a release to the provinces and gave gifts befitting a king.
Then the king put on a great feast for all his officials and his servants, Esther's feast. And he gave a holiday to the provinces and gave gifts, according to what the king could do.
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Mordecai uncovers a plot
And when the girls were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. Esther still hadn't revealed her family or her people, as Mordecai had told her, because Esther obeyed Mordecai just as she had when he brought her up. In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, two of the king's officials, Bigthan and Teresh, who guarded the door, became angry and plotted to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. Mordecai learned of the plot and told Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in Mordecai's name. The matter was investigated and found to be true, and the two men were hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. Esther hadn't shown her family or her people, the way Mordecai had ordered her. Because Esther did what Mordecai said, the way she did when she was brought up with him. In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's officers, Bigthan and Teresh, of the ones who kept the door, were angry and looked to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther. And Esther told the king in Mordecai's name. And when they looked into the matter, it was found out. So they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the records in front of the king.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate. Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name. And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
And when the girls were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
Esther still hadn't revealed her family or her people, as Mordecai had told her, because Esther obeyed Mordecai just as she had when he brought her up.
Esther hadn't shown her family or her people, the way Mordecai had ordered her. Because Esther did what Mordecai said, the way she did when she was brought up with him.
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, two of the king's officials, Bigthan and Teresh, who guarded the door, became angry and plotted to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's officers, Bigthan and Teresh, of the ones who kept the door, were angry and looked to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.
In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
Mordecai learned of the plot and told Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in Mordecai's name.
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told Queen Esther. And Esther told the king in Mordecai's name.
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
The matter was investigated and found to be true, and the two men were hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
And when they looked into the matter, it was found out. So they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the records in front of the king.
And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.