Esther 1 · Verse 4

Esther 1:4

When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.
Esther 1:4, King James Version

Esther 1:4 in other translations

BSBAnd for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness.
WEBHe displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
ASVwhen he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and fourscore days.
YLTin his shewing the wealth of the honour of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days--eighty and a hundred days.
DARBYwhen he shewed the glorious wealth of his kingdom and the splendid magnificence of his grandeur many days, a hundred and eighty days.
BBEAnd for a long time, even a hundred and eighty days, he let them see all the wealth and the glory of his kingdom and the great power and honour which were his.
WebsterWhen he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even a hundred and eighty days.

What does Esther 1:4 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 The riches of his glorious kingdom - Luxury was the characteristic of the Eastern monarchs, and particularly of the Persians. In their feasts, which were superb and of long continuance, they made a general exhibition of their wealth, grandeur, etc., and received the highest encomiums from their poets and flatterers. Their ostentation on such occasions passed into a proverb: hence Horace: - Persicos odi, puer, apparatus: Displicent nexae philyra coronae; Mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum Sera moretur. I tell thee, boy, that I detest The grandeur of a Persian feast; Nor for me the linden's rind Shall the flowery chaplet bind. Then search not where the curious rose Beyond his season loitering grows. Francis.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 1:1-9

The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, with all the noise and tumult that must have attended it. But except grace prevails in the heart, self-exaltation and self-indulgence, in one form or another, will be the ruling principle. Yet none did compel; so that if any…

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Esther 1:4 in the original Hebrew

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בְּהַרְאֹת֗וֹbe.har.'o.Towhen showed heH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֹ֙שֶׁר֙'o.sher[the] wealth ofH6239
כְּב֣וֹדke.Vod[the] splendor ofH3519
מַלְכוּת֔וֹmal.khu.Tokingdom hisH4438
וְאֶ֨ת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
יְקָ֔רye.Kar[the] honor ofH3366
תִּפְאֶ֖רֶתtif.'E.ret[the] glory ofH8597
גְּדוּלָּת֑וֹge.du.la.Togreatness hisH1420
יָמִ֣יםya.MimdaysH3117
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227
שְׁמוֹנִ֥יםshe.mo.NimeightyH8084
וּמְאַ֖תu.me.'Atand one hundredH3967
יֽוֹם\׃Yomday[s]H3117

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Cross references for Esther 1:4

  • Job 40:10

    Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.

  • Colossians 1:27

    To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

  • 1 Chronicles 29:25

    And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

  • Psalms 93:1

    The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

  • Isaiah 39:2

    And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

  • Matthew 4:8

    Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

  • Psalms 145:12-13

    To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.

  • Daniel 5:18

    O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

  • Ephesians 1:18

    The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

  • Romans 9:23

    And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,

  • Psalms 145:5

    I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When he.
Isa 39:2; Eze 28:5; Da 4:30
the riches.
Ps 76:1-4; 145:5,12,13; Da 2:37-44; 7:9-14; Mt 4:8; 6:13; Ro 9:23
Eph 1:18; Col 1:27; Re 4:11
excellent.
1Ch 29:11,12,25; Job 40:10; Ps 21:5; 45:3; 93:1; Da 4:36; 5:18
2Pe 1:16,17

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Context

  • Esther 1:3

    In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

  • Esther 1:4

    When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

  • Esther 1:5

    And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;

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Esther 1:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Para mostrar él las riquezas de la gloria de su reino, y el lustre de la magnificencia de su poder, por muchos días, ciento y ochenta días.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– montrant les richesses glorieuses de son royaume et le faste magnifique de sa grandeur pendant nombre de jours, pendant 180 jours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
als er den herrlichen Reichtum seines Königreiches und die glänzende Pracht seiner Größe viele Tage lang, 180 Tage, sehen ließ.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ut ostenderet divitias gloriæ regni sui, ac magnitudinem atque jactantiam potentiæ suæ, multo tempore, centum videlicet et octoginta diebus.