Esther 1 · Verse 21

Esther 1:21

And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
Esther 1:21, King James Version

Esther 1:21 in other translations

BSBThe king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan had advised.
WEBThis advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
ASVAnd the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
YLTAnd the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,
DARBYAnd the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.
BBEAnd this suggestion seemed good to the king and the captains; and the king did as Memucan said;
WebsterAnd the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

What does Esther 1:21 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 1:10-22

Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But when wine is in, men's reason departs from them. He that had rule over 127 provinces, had no rule over his own spirit. But whether the passion or the policy of the king was served by this decree, God's providence made way for…

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Esther 1:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּיטַב֙vai.yi.Tavand it was goodH3190
הַדָּבָ֔רha.da.Varthe wordH1697
בְּעֵינֵ֥יbe.'ei.Neiin [the] eyes ofH5869
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
וְהַשָּׂרִ֑יםve.ha.sa.Rimand the officialsH8269
וַיַּ֥עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he didH6213
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
כִּדְבַ֥רkid.Varaccording to [the] word ofH1697
מְמוּכָֽן\׃me.mu.KhanMemucanH4462

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Esther 1:21

  • Esther 2:4

    And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.

  • Genesis 41:37

    And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

  • Esther 1:19

    If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

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pleased the king. Heb. was good in the eyes of the king.
19; 2:4; Ge 41:37

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Context

  • Esther 1:20

    And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

  • Esther 1:21

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

  • Esther 1:22

    For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

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Esther 1:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y plugo esta palabra en ojos del rey y de los príncipes, é hizo el rey conforme al dicho de Memucán;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et cette parole fut bonne aux yeux du roi et des princes. Et le roi fit selon la parole de Memucan,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Wort gefiel dem König und den Fürsten; und der König tat nach dem Worte Memukans.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Placuit consilium ejus regi et principibus: fecitque rex juxta consilium Mamuchan,