Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 1:17

כִּֽי יֵצֵ֤א דְבַר הַמַּלְכָּה֙ עַל כָּל הַנָּשִׁ֔ים לְהַבְז֥וֹת בַּעְלֵיהֶ֖ן בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ן בְּאָמְרָ֗ם הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֮ אָמַ֣ר לְהָבִ֣יא אֶת וַשְׁתִּי֮ הַמַּלְכָּ֣ה לְפָנָיו֒ וְלֹ֥א בָֽאָה׃
kiy yeṣeʾ dbar hamalkah ʿal kal hanashiym lhabzvot baʿleyhen bʿeyneyhen bʾamram hamelek ʾaḥashvervosh ʾamar lhabiyʾ ʾet vashtiy hamalkah lpanayv vloʾ baʾah
King James Version (KJV)

For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

Modern English

For the queen's behavior will be made known to all women, causing them to look at their husbands with contempt, since they will say, King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.

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